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didactic(adjective, dull, dry, precise)
21
academic(adjective, sound, attitude, precise)
11
learned(adjective, precise, knowledgeable, cultured)
11
pompous(adjective, counterfeit, precise, stiff)
10
stilted(adjective, counterfeit, precise, stiff)
9
scholarly(adjective, complex, knowledgeable, cultured)
8
erudite(adjective, precise, knowledgeable, cultured)
7
ostentatious(adjective, counterfeit, precise, affected)
7
fussy(adjective, precise, trivial, meticulous)
6
sententious(adjective, dull, dry, precise)
4
nit-picking(adjective, precise, plodding, finicky)
3
arid(adjective, boring, precise, tedious)
3
recondite(adjective, sound, complex, knowledgeable)
2
abstruse(adjective, sound, complex, precise)
1
deep(sound, complex, knowledgeable, cultured)
1
esoteric(sound, complex, knowledgeable, cultured)
1
hairsplitting(adjective, precise, trivial, plodding)
0
nitpicking(adjective, trivial, meticulous, painstaking)
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