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76 entries under adjective topic. ×
| caviling(critical, overcritical, censorious) | |
| critical(trivial, critical, overcritical, censorious) | |
| egotistic(precise, bookish) | |
| overnice(precise, bookish) | |
| painstaking(character, behavior, pedant) | |
| particular(precise, bookish) | |
| picky | |
| preachy | |
| prim | |
| schoolish(precise, bookish) | |
| theatrical(counterfeit, affected, hollow, pretentious) | |
| theoretical(academic, hypothetical) | |
| all-business(character, behavior, pedant) | |
| brassbound(character, behavior, pedant) | |
| ceremonious(character, behavior, pedant) | |
| derogatory | |
| didactical | |
| disparaging | |
| fault-finding | |
| hairsplitting(obscure, precise, trivial, plodding) |
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