pedantly
pedantly adverb: in a pedantic manner.
Adverb
pedantly (comparative more pedantly, superlative most pedantly)
- 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?1855, Maturin Murray Ballou, The Turkish Spies
- 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.1910, The Bookseller, volume 53, page 23
- Synonyms:
- pedantically
Examples of pedantly in a sentence
- It seems that there is not much effect if the model is followed pedantly (the bars with R, viz.2001, Julie A. Jacko, CHI ... Conference Proceedings:
- 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.2021, Renata W. Müller, The Protector 2:
Synonyms of pedantly
Forms of pedantly
| comparative | more pedantly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pedantly |
Origin of pedantly
From pedant + -ly.
Questions about pedantly
- What does pedantly mean?
- Pedantly means in a pedantic manner.
- How do you use pedantly in a sentence?
- It seems that there is not much effect if the model is followed pedantly (the bars with R, viz.
- What part of speech is pedantly?
- Pedantly is an adverb.
Words near pedantly in the dictionary
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