pedantically

1. 1.

   in a pedantic manner

   “these interpretations are called `schemas' or, more pedantically, `schemata'”

Questions about pedantically

What does pedantically mean?

pedantically means "in a pedantic manner".

How many syllables are in pedantically?

pedantically has 5 syllables and divides as pe-dan-ti-cal-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pedantically a common word?

pedantically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.