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PEDANTICALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pedantically mean?
• PEDANTICALLY (adverb)
The adverb PEDANTICALLY has 1 sense:
1. in a pedantic manner
Familiarity information: PEDANTICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a pedantic manner
Context example:
these interpretations are called 'schemas' or, more pedantically, 'schemata'
Pertainym:
pedantic (marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects)
Context examples
“But I have been pedantically exact, as you call it. The fellow had a key; and what’s more, he has it still. I saw him use it not a week ago.”
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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