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peˈdantically, adv. [f. pedantical a.1 + -ly2.] In a pedantic manner; with pedantry.
1631R. Brathwait Whimzies, Almanack-maker 14 Some stolen shreads he hath raked out from the kennell of other authors which most pedantically he assumes to himselfe. 1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. iii. i. §7 A profusion of learning is scattered all round, but not pedantically or impertinently. 1860Emerson Cond. Life, Fate Wks. (Bohn) II. 314 'Tis frivolous to fix pedantically the date of particular inventions. So peˈdanticalness.
1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. viii. §2. 204 Narrowness, Pedanticalness, Littleness of Mind. |