pedantic

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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

He called Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, “pedantic, self-righteous and pompous,” and urged her to “learn from the Palestinian people” and resign because of “repeated moral failings,” the article said.

From Washington Times

His style was informed but conversational, erudite but never pedantic; he displayed none of the typical autodidact’s flaunting of his own hard-won knowledge.

From New York Times

A few years later, he and Prince worked together on a revival of Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide,” for which he played the pedantic Dr. Pangloss.

From Washington Post