Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - pedantic
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Pedantic
pedantic
If you think someone is pedantic, you mean that they are too concerned with unimportant details or traditional rules, especially in connection with academic subjects. His lecture was so pedantic and uninteresting. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval
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adjective Date: circa 1600 1. of, relating to, or being a pedant 2. narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned 3. unimaginative, pedestrian • ~ally adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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~ adj paying too much attention to rules and details (He was meticulous, but never pedantic.) - pedantically adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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