pedantic

Example Sentences

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This might seem pedantic, but it's an important distinction.

From Salon

In reframing this patriotic number for more modern audiences, the performers spoke about social justice issues; it gravitated toward the pedantic.

From New York Times

It would be awfully pedantic to refuse to classify an enormous economic contraction as a recession just because it didn’t fit a somewhat vague definition that a few economists had written down.

From New York Times

I once sent her a memo somewhat caustically discussing whether a sentence on the site should say “memento” or “momento,” and she took my pedantic copyediting in stride.

From Scientific American

She told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that when she was issued with the fine it was "a sort of dystopian novel", adding that the officer involved was "pedantic and inflexible".

From BBC