In a pedantic manner.

Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant. / Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.

Pedantic.

(rare) Synonym of pedantry.

(rare) Behaving or acting in the manner of a pedant.

simple past tense and past participle of pedantize

present participle of pedantize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pedantize

(intransitive) To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions.

Pedantic.