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Pedantically

Pedantically \Pe*dan"tic*al*ly\, adv. In a pedantic manner.

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pedantically

adv. In a pedantic manner.

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pedantically

adv. in a pedantic manner; "these interpretations are called `schemas' or, more pedantically, `schemata'"

Usage examples of "pedantically".

I had chastised Lucy in every manner, playfully, pedantically, paternally, militarily, passionately, dispassionately, and in every tempo, allegro, largo, andante, di minuetto, with every paddle, strap, pliant rod, and whip in every room in my house, as she presented her fanny, bared or lightly covered, while lying across my knees, kneeling on beds, couches, chairs, footstools, or as she crawled upstairs, for one smack of my belt on each step, or bending over tables, desks, sinks, tubs, toilets, kitchen work surfaces, washing machine and dryer, followed by all the permutations of sensual penetration.

And Conway, equally youngish but not young either, much more an impassioned, straight-faced square, spouting his truths, somewhat pedantically.

After crossing the water jump for the second time over on the far side of the track, the show-jumper made a spurt to the front and then slowed almost to a standstill on landing over the next fence, having jumped especially pedantically, and the aunt crashed into the back of him with some singularly un-aunt-like language.