2
critical(adjective, trivial, critical, overcritical, censorious)
2
educational
2
egotistic(adjective, precise, bookish)
2
finical
2
high-sounding
2
illiterate
2
insincere(counterfeit, affected, hollow, pretentious, shallow)
2
orthodox
2
overdone(counterfeit, affected, hollow, pretentious, shallow)
2
overnice(adjective, precise, bookish)
2
painstaking(adjective, character, behavior, pedant)
2
particular(adjective, precise, bookish)
2
picky(adjective, critical)
2
preachy
2
precious(counterfeit, affected, hollow, pretentious, shallow)
2
prim
2
quibbling
2
rhetorical
2
schoolish(adjective, precise, bookish)
2
scrupulous
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