pedantic

Example Sentences

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Arguments to the contrary are overly cautious and pedantic.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

The critic James Wood decried Mr. Barnes as “a thoroughly English writer,” meaning that he is clever and pedantic and emotionally repressed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

And the percentage of gold in the portfolio is always fixed at 1/7 — or, if you are pedantic, 14.29%.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

None of this is pedantic, nor is it puffed up with moral outrage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

Julian and he were talking—in jocular, mocking, pedantic Latin—like a couple of priests tidying the vestry before a mass.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt