adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't be so pedantic - does it really matter if I don't pronounce it right?
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Her book is informative and scholarly, but never pedantic .
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The booklet that accompanies the CD is informative and scholarly, without being pedantic .
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The papers wre stacked with pedantic neatness on his desk.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it's in everyone's interest to ensure that any new test is not unnecessarily time-consuming, expensive and pedantic .
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But trying to find an exact replica of the Virginia garden would be a pedantic exercise.
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D'Arquebus Senior's pedantic excuses made no sense.
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He seemed to display a certain insensitivity in these cases - an impression enhanced by his somewhat pedantic way of speech.
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It demonstrates that more can be achieved by bringing together a mass of illustration than many a pedantic thesis.
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It has cloaked it in pedantic , complicated, incomprehensible language which is also quite inappropriate.
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To commonplace actions he brought a special pedantic awkwardness.
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Yet in his exacting, almost pedantic manner, he was convinced that it would happen.