What does non-pedantic mean?
Non-pedantic means Not pedantic..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Not pedantic..
The man whom the country is bent on honouring most at present, because he is so clever and successful, and is so curiously young for his time of life, is precisely the ideal of a non-pedantic University man realized in the highest sphere of the practical world.
The very site of our Abbey was identical, or nearly so, with the heathen temple of Sul, and the city then dedicated to that goddess, and called Aquæ Sulis (not Solis, if Mr. Barham and non-pedantic antiquaries may be relied on).
The developing organisms seem to be very non-pedantic in their attitude to the formal categories.
Use non-pedantic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Non-pedantic means Not pedantic..
Common synonyms include unpedantic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The man whom the country is bent on honouring most at present, because he is so clever and successful, and is so curiously young for his time of life, is precisely the ideal of a non-pedantic University man realized in the highest sphere of the practical world.
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