pedantic
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: bookish, precise
Synonyms:
abstruse
academic
arid
didactic
doctrinaire
donnish
dry
dull
egotistic
erudite
formal
fussy
hairsplitting
learned
nit-picking
ostentatious
overnice
particular
pedagogic
pompous
priggish
punctilious
scholastic
schoolish
sententious
stilted
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