Definition of pedantic in English:

pedantic

adjective pɪˈdantɪkpəˈdæn(t)ɪk

Excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous.
his analyses are careful and even painstaking, but never pedantic
Example sentencesExamples
- Sorry to be pedantic but it really irked me for some reason.
- They would become even more bureaucratic and even more pedantic.
- I had the same middle parted haircut for eight years, and I was quite pedantic about this being perfect.
- There's simply no way around the system: it's pedantic, laboured and mind-numbingly frustrating.
- No wonder some find his music insufferably boring and pedantic.
- It is not merely a pedantic question - although there is much to be said for scientists providing an honest portrayal of their figures.
- Well you could say it's a deal of nitpicking by pedantic scientists over detail.
- Cricket has a reputation for its confusing, pedantic rules.
- At this point, the auteur's films felt fairly strained and pedantic.
- Long-winded sentences and pedantic phraseology have yielded place to brief reports.
- Being a pedantic word-lover, and yes, a feminist, this drives me berserk.
- Perhaps this is the wrong forum on which to be so pedantic, but this is something that has bothered me for a while.
- This can seem a lot of work, pedantic and fussy but is truly worth it if you can manage.
- In order not to sound too didactic or pedantic, the lecturer added anecdotes and personal comments.
- I have language skills, I'm pedantic to stupendous heights, computer literate and I can fire and strip a pistol.
- For years, pedantic scholars have crowed about the debt rock owes the blues.
- You can be too pedantic about grammar and pronunciation and you can probably tell from this that spelling is a problem for me, especially when typing.
- My dictionary defines a pedagogue as a pedantic or dogmatic teacher and there is a lot of that about Waters.
- Some companies don't like dealing with this inspector because they say he's draconian and pedantic.
- The past few articles I have written for this site have been pedantic responses to articles written by others.
Synonyms
overscrupulous, scrupulous, precise, exact, over-exacting, perfectionist, precisionist, punctilious, meticulous, fussy, fastidious, finical, finicky
dogmatic, purist, literalist, literalistic, formalist, scholastic
casuistic, casuistical, sophistic, sophistical
captious, hair-splitting, quibbling, pettifogging, fault-finding, hypercritical, cavilling, carping
informal nitpicking, pernickety
archaic overnice
learned, cerebral, didactic, bookish, pedagogic, donnish, highbrow, ivory-tower, pretentious, pompous
intellectual, academic, scholastic, scholarly, literary
informal egghead

Derivatives

pedantically

adverb pɪˈdantɪklipəˈdæn(t)ək(ə)li

‘Let me explain,’ continued Brian, almost pedantically.
Example sentencesExamples
- So I'm watching the movie with the careful eye of one who knows the book and will be judging it pedantically.
- Sermons preached about economic matters all too often come across as dry, dead propositions pedantically presented to provide proof that we are living the wrong way.
- Kerry makes this last ridiculous point pedantically, as if it's at the very core of what really matters.
- Whenever any important motif appears, he points it up almost pedantically.

Rhymes

antic, Atlantic, corybantic, frantic, geomantic, gigantic, mantic, necromantic, romantic, semantic, sycophantic, transatlantic

Definition of pedantic in US English:

pedantic

adjectivepəˈdæn(t)ɪkpəˈdan(t)ik

Of or like a pedant.
many of the essays are long, dense, and too pedantic to hold great appeal
Example sentencesExamples
- I have language skills, I'm pedantic to stupendous heights, computer literate and I can fire and strip a pistol.
- No wonder some find his music insufferably boring and pedantic.
- The past few articles I have written for this site have been pedantic responses to articles written by others.
- This can seem a lot of work, pedantic and fussy but is truly worth it if you can manage.
- They would become even more bureaucratic and even more pedantic.
- Some companies don't like dealing with this inspector because they say he's draconian and pedantic.
- In order not to sound too didactic or pedantic, the lecturer added anecdotes and personal comments.
- For years, pedantic scholars have crowed about the debt rock owes the blues.
- It is not merely a pedantic question - although there is much to be said for scientists providing an honest portrayal of their figures.
- I had the same middle parted haircut for eight years, and I was quite pedantic about this being perfect.
- My dictionary defines a pedagogue as a pedantic or dogmatic teacher and there is a lot of that about Waters.
- Long-winded sentences and pedantic phraseology have yielded place to brief reports.
- Sorry to be pedantic but it really irked me for some reason.
- Well you could say it's a deal of nitpicking by pedantic scientists over detail.
- There's simply no way around the system: it's pedantic, laboured and mind-numbingly frustrating.
- At this point, the auteur's films felt fairly strained and pedantic.
- Perhaps this is the wrong forum on which to be so pedantic, but this is something that has bothered me for a while.
- Cricket has a reputation for its confusing, pedantic rules.
- You can be too pedantic about grammar and pronunciation and you can probably tell from this that spelling is a problem for me, especially when typing.
- Being a pedantic word-lover, and yes, a feminist, this drives me berserk.
Synonyms
overscrupulous, scrupulous, precise, exact, over-exacting, perfectionist, precisionist, punctilious, meticulous, fussy, fastidious, finical, finicky
learned, cerebral, didactic, bookish, pedagogic, donnish, highbrow, ivory-tower, pretentious, pompous

单词	pedantic
释义	Definition of pedantic in English: pedantic adjective pɪˈdantɪkpəˈdæn(t)ɪk Excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous. his analyses are careful and even painstaking, but never pedantic Example sentencesExamples Sorry to be pedantic but it really irked me for some reason. They would become even more bureaucratic and even more pedantic. I had the same middle parted haircut for eight years, and I was quite pedantic about this being perfect. There's simply no way around the system: it's pedantic, laboured and mind-numbingly frustrating. No wonder some find his music insufferably boring and pedantic. It is not merely a pedantic question - although there is much to be said for scientists providing an honest portrayal of their figures. Well you could say it's a deal of nitpicking by pedantic scientists over detail. Cricket has a reputation for its confusing, pedantic rules. At this point, the auteur's films felt fairly strained and pedantic. Long-winded sentences and pedantic phraseology have yielded place to brief reports. Being a pedantic word-lover, and yes, a feminist, this drives me berserk. Perhaps this is the wrong forum on which to be so pedantic, but this is something that has bothered me for a while. This can seem a lot of work, pedantic and fussy but is truly worth it if you can manage. In order not to sound too didactic or pedantic, the lecturer added anecdotes and personal comments. I have language skills, I'm pedantic to stupendous heights, computer literate and I can fire and strip a pistol. For years, pedantic scholars have crowed about the debt rock owes the blues. You can be too pedantic about grammar and pronunciation and you can probably tell from this that spelling is a problem for me, especially when typing. My dictionary defines a pedagogue as a pedantic or dogmatic teacher and there is a lot of that about Waters. Some companies don't like dealing with this inspector because they say he's draconian and pedantic. The past few articles I have written for this site have been pedantic responses to articles written by others. Synonyms overscrupulous, scrupulous, precise, exact, over-exacting, perfectionist, precisionist, punctilious, meticulous, fussy, fastidious, finical, finicky dogmatic, purist, literalist, literalistic, formalist, scholastic casuistic, casuistical, sophistic, sophistical captious, hair-splitting, quibbling, pettifogging, fault-finding, hypercritical, cavilling, carping informal nitpicking, pernickety archaic overnice learned, cerebral, didactic, bookish, pedagogic, donnish, highbrow, ivory-tower, pretentious, pompous intellectual, academic, scholastic, scholarly, literary informal egghead Derivatives pedantically adverb pɪˈdantɪklipəˈdæn(t)ək(ə)li ‘Let me explain,’ continued Brian, almost pedantically. Example sentencesExamples So I'm watching the movie with the careful eye of one who knows the book and will be judging it pedantically. Sermons preached about economic matters all too often come across as dry, dead propositions pedantically presented to provide proof that we are living the wrong way. Kerry makes this last ridiculous point pedantically, as if it's at the very core of what really matters. Whenever any important motif appears, he points it up almost pedantically. Rhymes antic, Atlantic, corybantic, frantic, geomantic, gigantic, mantic, necromantic, romantic, semantic, sycophantic, transatlantic Definition of pedantic in US English: pedantic adjectivepəˈdæn(t)ɪkpəˈdan(t)ik Of or like a pedant. many of the essays are long, dense, and too pedantic to hold great appeal Example sentencesExamples I have language skills, I'm pedantic to stupendous heights, computer literate and I can fire and strip a pistol. No wonder some find his music insufferably boring and pedantic. The past few articles I have written for this site have been pedantic responses to articles written by others. This can seem a lot of work, pedantic and fussy but is truly worth it if you can manage. They would become even more bureaucratic and even more pedantic. Some companies don't like dealing with this inspector because they say he's draconian and pedantic. In order not to sound too didactic or pedantic, the lecturer added anecdotes and personal comments. For years, pedantic scholars have crowed about the debt rock owes the blues. It is not merely a pedantic question - although there is much to be said for scientists providing an honest portrayal of their figures. I had the same middle parted haircut for eight years, and I was quite pedantic about this being perfect. My dictionary defines a pedagogue as a pedantic or dogmatic teacher and there is a lot of that about Waters. Long-winded sentences and pedantic phraseology have yielded place to brief reports. Sorry to be pedantic but it really irked me for some reason. Well you could say it's a deal of nitpicking by pedantic scientists over detail. There's simply no way around the system: it's pedantic, laboured and mind-numbingly frustrating. At this point, the auteur's films felt fairly strained and pedantic. Perhaps this is the wrong forum on which to be so pedantic, but this is something that has bothered me for a while. Cricket has a reputation for its confusing, pedantic rules. You can be too pedantic about grammar and pronunciation and you can probably tell from this that spelling is a problem for me, especially when typing. Being a pedantic word-lover, and yes, a feminist, this drives me berserk. Synonyms overscrupulous, scrupulous, precise, exact, over-exacting, perfectionist, precisionist, punctilious, meticulous, fussy, fastidious, finical, finicky learned, cerebral, didactic, bookish, pedagogic, donnish, highbrow, ivory-tower, pretentious, pompous
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