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pedantly

adv

Etymology

From pedant + -ly.

  1. derived from pedante — “a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”
  2. borrowed from pedant
  3. suffixed as pedantly — “pedant + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a pedantic manner.

    • 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?
    • It seems that there is not much effect if the model is followed pedantly (the bars with R, viz. Researcher).

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