pedantic

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Pedantic jobsworths are like people who eat and talk at the same time: it’s better to stand by their side than face them head on.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2014

Pedantic Brahms would raise an eyebrow at Ormandy's changes of tempo, but he would find it pretty good music just the same.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Holmesy, someday you’re going to win the Nobel Prize for Being Incredibly Pedantic, and I’m going to be so proud of you.”

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

Pedantic as these directions may seem, they are justified by experience, and the carrying out of the details given easily becomes a matter of habit.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Pedantic /literati/, vain youngsters, every sort of narrowness and conceit, he banters rather than satirizes; and even his banter expresses no contempt.

From Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life by Oxenford, John