pedantic
ostentatious in one's learning.
overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.
Origin of pedantic
1- Also Archaic, pe·dan·ti·cal .
Other words for pedantic
Other words from pedantic
- pe·dan·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- pe·dan·ti·cal·ness, noun
- sem·i·pe·dan·tic, adjective
- sem·i·pe·dan·ti·cal, adjective
- sem·i·pe·dan·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- un·pe·dan·tic, adjective
- un·pe·dan·ti·cal, adjective
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How to use pedantic in a sentence
From included streaming options to a few inches in diagonal length, shopping for a new TV can be a bit pedantic.
These details can sound pedantic, but they can make a huge difference in day-to-day use.
The best battery backups to keep your gear up and running | Terry Sullivan | September 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe pedantic scholars among us might wonder if the book does its job.
The pedantic type might note that Hippolytus makes no prophetic mention of the cinema or the Internet.
The drinks here, like the Blackwatch (with Johnny Walker Black, creme de cassis, and Becherovka), are far from pedantic.
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The problem was that Sorkin did too much (pedantic, predictable) telling and not enough showing.
‘The Newsroom’ Season 2 Premiere: How Aaron Sorkin Saved the HBO Drama | Andrew Romano | July 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHer perfection can sometimes verge on pedantic, like with her conversion to veganism.
pedantic, unimaginative and presumptuous, Theobald was the logical choice for a Dunce King in 1728.
A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope | Colley CibberA pedantic fellow called for a bottle of hock at a tavern, which the waiter, not hearing distinctly, asked him to repeat.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousHe is no longer pedantic; he no longer makes vulgar allusions, but only fears that they might be made.
Samuel Richardson's Introduction to Pamela | Samuel RichardsonThe ages in which they flourished attached no value to pedantic displays of learning paraded in foot-notes.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordThere was Sir James Smith, the botanist, made much of and really not pedantic and vulgar like the rest, but weak and irritable.
East Anglia | J. Ewing Ritchie
British Dictionary definitions for pedantic
/ (pɪˈdæntɪk) /
of, relating to, or characterized by pedantry
Derived forms of pedantic
- pedantically, adverb
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