ostentatious in one's learning. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.

What does pedantically mean?

1 : of, relating to, or being a pedant a pedantic teacher. 2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned a pedantic insistence that we follow the rules exactly Far worse, he was pedantic, pernickety, letting nothing inaccurate or of uncertain meaning go by—not an aphrodisiac quality.— Kingsley Amis.

What is the plural of pedantic?

plural pedants. Learner's definition of PEDANT. [count] disapproving. : a person who annoys other people by correcting small errors and giving too much attention to minor details.