0 giving too much attention to formal rules or small details:
They were being unnecessarily pedantic by insisting that Berry himself, and not his wife, should have made the announcement.
1 caring too much about unimportant rules or details and not enough about understanding or appreciating a subject:
Of course, this is old-style syntax, and one must be pedantic about occurrences, especially repetitions of variables on the left.
In truth, quibbles about the draining of a loch are only likely to arise from pedantic reviewers.
The continuum of language abilities ranges from the mutism found in approximately 50 % of individuals with autism to pedantic and idiosyncratic speech.
They may simplify a pedantic word, create an entirely new word, change usages, and employ special words to arouse special images.
The stifling, pedantic rules enshrined in tradition are swept away by the spontaneous inspirations of creative genius.
The moderate middle style was suited to such matters as instruction and education at large, but risked becoming either bland or pedantic.
Although rather specific and pedantic, these are exactly the sort of details that need to be documented to provide full backing for interpretation.
The earlier somewhat pedantic prose now acquires a higher literary quality and becomes more personal.
