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- adjective
comparative form ofpointy : morepointy
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Examples
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Spinach in Hong Kong has bigger, pointier leaves and tastes nothing at all like the spinach in France.
Robuchon's Favorite New Tastes Jason Chow 2010
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A year and a half later they are still pointier than the average persons.
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The platter of urban blight made you warier, cannier, pointier, angrier... more entertaining.
Peter Mehlman: 80's New York Peter Mehlman 2011
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The platter of urban blight made you warier, cannier, pointier, angrier... more entertaining.
Peter Mehlman: 80's New York Peter Mehlman 2011
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His cheekbones are sharper and his chin is pointier.
HIGH BEFORE HOMEROOM MAYA SLOAN 2010
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Many macro features like pointier teeth would provide benefit in a wide range of environments.
Convergence 2008
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Jules looked pointier and more serious than she had just yesterday.
Brain Chemistry 2010
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His cheekbones are sharper and his chin is pointier.
HIGH BEFORE HOMEROOM MAYA SLOAN 2010
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Baby does look like Chucky, only with whiter and pointier teeth!
Crescer: BEHIND YOU! Cosmo7 2009
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The man in this pairing gets a bigger shock of hair, a pointier nose, and a more wide-open mouth.
Rockwell and the Camera James Gurney 2009
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