pedantic
Example Sentences
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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.
“At best they are being incredibly pedantic. At worst, intentionally daft.”
From Los Angeles Times
And the percentage of gold in the portfolio is always fixed at 1/7 — or, if you are pedantic, 14.29%.
From MarketWatch
None of this is pedantic, nor is it puffed up with moral outrage.
From Los Angeles Times
Nelis renders the professor a pompous and pedantic twit but not a heartless one.
From Los Angeles Times
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