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pedantically

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pe·dan·tic  (p-dntk)
adj.
Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details.

pe·danti·cal·ly adv.
Synonyms: pedantic, academic, bookish, donnish, scholastic
These adjectives mean marked by a narrow, often tiresome focus on or display of learning and especially its trivial aspects: a pedantic writing style; an academic insistence on precision; a bookish vocabulary; donnish refinement of speech; scholastic and excessively subtle reasoning.
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Adv.1.pedantically - in a pedantic manner; "these interpretations are called `schemas' or, more pedantically, `schemata'"
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pedantically [pɪˈdæntɪkəlɪ] ADVcon pedantería
pedantically
advpedantisch
pedantically [pɪˈdæntɪkəlɪ] advpedantemente, con pedanteria
pedantically [pɪˈdæntɪkəlɪ] advpedantemente, con pedanteria


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The latter had only one side, and therefore -- plurally and pedantically speaking -- NO SIDES.
Perhaps it need not be done so pedantically, thought Nicholas, or even done at all, but this untiring, continual spiritual effort of which the sole aim was the children's moral welfare delighted him.
But I have been pedantically exact, as you call it.
 
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