pedantic in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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pedantic Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to answer in a soft voice/a pedantic tone
répondre d'une voix douce/sur un ton pédant
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Others, however, have found this distinction rather pedantic.
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Hale suggests that the witty alliteration of the title is in keeping with the pedantic nature of the play.
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And this does not mean the usual affectation of the stage, the pedantic, artificial care for sound effects, for the virile imposture of the voice.
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One thing is clear: a form with the wrong genitive plural of "kocherga" will bring disaster from the typically pedantic bureaucrats.
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As a personality he was affable but also egotistical and pedantic.
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He is reserved, not really exhibiting a desire for close contact with any of his co-workers, although he is friendly when not outwardly pedantic.
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The work's style has been described as developed, elaborate, ornate and pedantic and has influenced later prose writers.
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Considered rather cold and austere, he often left the impression in the eyes of his contemporaries of a pedantic, tactless, and ill-humoured bureaucrat.
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The social commentary wipes clean with a dry towelette - it's not intrusive and not pedantic, just lighter-than-air.
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His influence speedily declined, and before his death his name became proverbial for pedantic folly.
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