pedanticadjective
uk/pəˈdæn.tɪk/us/pedˈæn.tɪk/disapprovinggiving too much attention to formal rules or small details:
They were being unnecessarily pedantic by insisting that Berry himself, and not his wife, should have made the announcement.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wanting everything to be right
- anal
- anally retentive
- choosy
- dot
- dot the i's and cross the t's idiom
- faddy
- fastidious
- fussbudget
- fusspot
- fussy
- houseproud
- martinet
- nitpicking
- perfectionism
- perfectionist
- pernickety
- persnickety
- pettifogging
- purist
- stickler
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pedantically
adverb uk/pəˈdæn.tɪ.kəl.i/us/pedˈæn.tɪ.kəl.i/