ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pedantly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Pedantly is an adverb meaning In a pedantic manner.

Meaning

In a pedantic manner.

Example Sentences

It seems that there is not much effect if the model is followed pedantly (the bars with R, viz. Researcher).
I'm kneeling in front of the open suitcase, sinking elbow-deep into the pedantly folded clothes, when I spot the two pairs of leather shoes beside me.
Gloucester, the hive of industry, the delicious village pedantly named city, with its loom and shuttle music; and how does the glorious Philadelphia look from this point?
Till she was twenty - eight years she paid most attention to art , and though one can hardly say she was ever a great artist , she at least realised the ideals of her age , and produced the pedantly accurate transcripts of life as it appeared at the time.

Synonyms for pedantly

Depending on context, synonyms include pedantically.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pedantically, pedanticly, pedately, pickily, pedetentously, overpedantically.

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