Synonyms and related words :
cavilling, contentious, conventionalized, disputatious, extrinsic, fine, forensic, formal, formalist, formalistic, formulary, hair-splitting, impersonal, jurisprudent, jurisprudential, literal, litigious, narrow-minded, nice, niggling, nit-picking, nominal, outward, pedantic, pettifogging, quibbling, strict, stylized, subtle, superficial, surface