pedantically

English

Alternative forms

• pedanticly (obsolete)

Etymology

From pedantic +‎ -ally and/or pedantical +‎ -ly.

Adverb

pedantically (comparative more pedantically, superlative most pedantically)

1. In a pedantic manner.

   Synonym: pedantly

   • 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Story of the Door”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 13:

     ‘I think you might have warned me,’ returned the other with a touch of sullenness. ‘But I have been pedantically exact, as you call it. The fellow had a key; and what’s more, he has it still. I saw him use it, not a week ago.’