pedantic
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The critic James Wood decried Mr. Barnes as “a thoroughly English writer,” meaning that he is clever and pedantic and emotionally repressed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Nelis renders the professor a pompous and pedantic twit but not a heartless one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
Environmental films that are pedantic, prescriptive, or hold audiences by the collar to make them feel bad do more disservice than good, he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024
It was almost impressive how she managed to be so pedantic and also bullying at the same time.
From Slate ● May 9, 2024
This logician would be unbearably pedantic, but there is a grain of good taste in the pedantry.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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