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- Thesaurus|895
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26 entries under precise topic. ×
| didactic(adjective, dull, obscure, dry) | |
| academic(adjective, sound, obscure, attitude) | |
| donnish(adjective, character, attitude, behavior) | |
| scholastic(adjective, attitude, flexible, teach) | |
| learned(adjective, obscure, knowledgeable, cultured) | |
| pompous(adjective, obscure, counterfeit, stiff) | |
| punctilious(adjective, bookish) | |
| stilted(adjective, obscure, counterfeit, stiff) | |
| erudite(adjective, obscure, knowledgeable, cultured) | |
| ostentatious(adjective, obscure, counterfeit, affected) | |
| fussy(adjective, obscure, trivial, meticulous) | |
| sententious(adjective, dull, obscure, dry) | |
| dry(adjective, bookish) | |
| formal(adjective, bookish) | |
| priggish(adjective, bookish) | |
| doctrinaire(adjective, bookish) | |
| nit-picking(adjective, obscure, plodding, finicky) | |
| pedagogic(adjective, bookish) | |
| arid(adjective, obscure, boring, tedious) | |
| dull(adjective, bookish) |
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