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Pedantic person
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Example Sentences
Main Entry:
pe·dan·tic
[
p
uh
-
dan
-tik
]
/
pəˈdæn
tɪk
/
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Part of Speech:
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pedantic
Main Entry:
pedantic
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
At times, such
pedantic
details stop the plot cold.
Not to be
pedantic
, but there appears to be a unit conversion error here.
They introduce a visually inert dimension and force a
pedantic
reference to Asian antiquity.
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Adjective
At times, such
pedantic
details stop the plot cold.
Not to be
pedantic
, but there appears to be a unit conversion error here.
They introduce a visually inert dimension and force a
pedantic
reference to Asian antiquity.
This has been a remarkably silly discussion of
pedantic
, academic folly.
While you're technically correct, you're being
pedantic
.
But this is not always a welcome rhetorical move, especially when it comes across as
pedantic
or condescending.
Not to go all
pedantic
or anything, but "irregardless" is not a word.
He talks quickly, with
pedantic
precision.
His pleasantly
pedantic
essays are no longer either novel or informing.
It's not
pedantic
, just practical, and I agree with these guidelines.
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