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pedantic
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focused too much on minor details or rules in learning, often showing off knowledge in a way that feels narrow or overly concerned with trivial points
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most pedantic
Comparative
more pedantic
gradable
Examples
The teacher 's pedantic corrections made the students nervous to speak.
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