pedantically

pedantic | American Dictionary

pedantic
adjective
us/pɪˈdænt·ɪk/
caring too much about unimportant rules or details and not enough about understanding or appreciating a subject:
Professor Harris had a narrow, pedantic approach to history that put us to sleep.

Examples of pedantic

pedantic
Of course, this is old-style syntax, and one must be pedantic about occurrences, especially repetitions of variables on the left.
In truth, quibbles about the draining of a loch are only likely to arise from pedantic reviewers.
The continuum of language abilities ranges from the mutism found in approximately 50 % of individuals with autism to pedantic and idiosyncratic speech.
They may simplify a pedantic word, create an entirely new word, change usages, and employ special words to arouse special images.
The stifling, pedantic rules enshrined in tradition are swept away by the spontaneous inspirations of creative genius.
The moderate middle style was suited to such matters as instruction and education at large, but risked becoming either bland or pedantic.
Although rather specific and pedantic, these are exactly the sort of details that need to be documented to provide full backing for interpretation.
The earlier somewhat pedantic prose now acquires a higher literary quality and becomes more personal.
Summary information is provided without pedantic repetition and case studies are good examples of different issues.
It seems to be associated with older or more pedantic or conservative speakers.
At the risk of appearing pedantic, we now present a non-linguistic example of this principle.
There would have been nothing at all strange or pedantic or remote about formations like these, nor any serious opposition on other grounds.
And they get extensive notes on the text, some rather pedantic, others very helpful in highlighting sources and suggesting appropriate secondary literature.
For them, ' politeness ' was achieved through civilized sociability, and through informed, but not pedantic, learning.
Similarly, there can be no pedantic equality, for what is equal on a fine scale must also be equal on a coarse scale. 31.
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