Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a pointed manner.
- With direct assertion; with explicitness; with direct reference to a subject.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
explicitly ; withemphasis ; so as to make apoint , especially withcriticism - adverb obsolete
wittily orpithily
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in such a manner as to make something clearly evident
Etymologies
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Examples
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Note that the definition pointedly includes nonviolent actions name calling against a child.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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Note that the definition pointedly includes nonviolent actions name calling against a child.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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Note that the definition pointedly includes nonviolent actions name calling against a child.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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Note that the definition pointedly includes nonviolent actions name calling against a child.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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Constantin, I have said, in pointedly unsubtle language, that Clarence Thomas was unqualified to succeed Thurgood Marshall and that, when his confirmation was at risk, he played the race card in a particularly ugly manner.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
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Constantin, I have said, in pointedly unsubtle language, that Clarence Thomas was unqualified to succeed Thurgood Marshall and that, when his confirmation was at risk, he played the race card in a particularly ugly manner.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
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John Herbison: Constantin, I have said, in pointedly unsubtle language, that Clarence Thomas was unqualified to succeed Thurgood Marshall and that, when his confirmation was at risk, he played the race card in a particularly ugly manner.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
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Constantin, I have said, in pointedly unsubtle language, that Clarence Thomas was unqualified to succeed Thurgood Marshall and that, when his confirmation was at risk, he played the race card in a particularly ugly manner.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
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After that Colin pointedly abstained from allusion to the Ideal Wife and to Joan Gildea's Typewriting-Correspondent, as he had called her.
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Instead, you’ve invested an incredible amount of time and effort in pointedly avoiding making an argument that could be responded to.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists” 2010
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