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formal(precise, bookish)
5
stiff(counterfeit, boring, affected, tedious)
5
priggish(precise, bookish)
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doctrinaire(precise, bookish)
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pretentious(counterfeit, stiff, affected, hollow)
4
nit-picking(obscure, precise, plodding, finicky)
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pedagogic(precise, bookish)
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stodgy(dull, stuffy)
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arid(obscure, boring, precise, tedious)
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dull(precise, bookish)
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stuffy
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exact
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inkhorn(attitude, flexible, teach)
3
professorial(sound, knowledgeable, cultured, educated)
3
recondite(sound, obscure, complex, knowledgeable)
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vain
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formalistic(attitude, flexible, teach)
2
abstruse(sound, obscure, complex, precise)
2
captious(trivial, critical, overcritical, censorious)
2
carping(critical, overcritical, censorious)
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