Definitions for pedantically

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pe•dan•ticpəˈdæn tɪk(adj.)

orpe•dan′ti•cal,

  1. ostentatious in one's learning.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of pedantic:

1590–1600; pedant+ -ic

pe•dan′ti•cal•ly

Princeton's WordNet

  1. pedantically(adverb)

    in a pedantic manner

    "these interpretations are called `schemas' or, more pedantically, `schemata'"

Wiktionary

  1. pedantically(Adverb)

    In a pedantic manner.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pedantically(adverb)

    in a pedantic manner


Translations for pedantically

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

pedantically(adverb)

a person who attaches too much importance to minor details.

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