All 3 Uses of
pedantic
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- Anyone who's so petty and pedantic at the age of fifty-four was born that way and is never going to change.
Chpt 43-07pedantic = with excessive concern for formal rules, details, or book learning
- before you know it, it'll be 4 P.M. and the pedantic Dr. Dussel will be standing with the clock in his hand because I'm one minute late clearing off the table.
Chpt 43-08 *pedantic = too concerned with formal rules and details
- Stripping pods is a precise and meticulous job that might be suited to pedantic dentists or finicky spice experts, but it's a horror for an impatient teenager like me.
Chpt 44-07pedantic = with excessive concern for details
Definition:
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(pedantic) too concerned with formal rules, details, or book learning