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pointedly

adv

Etymology

From pointed + -ly.

Definitions

  1. Explicitly

    Explicitly; with emphasis; so as to make a point, especially with criticism.

    • The film echoes a central question from all the Wick films, though: is he a natural-born murderer? Or a good man underneath it all? "This is who you are," the Marquis tells him. "A killer." The question is pointedly unresolved here.

  2. Wittily or pithily.

  3. Markedly, intentionally conspicuously.

    • I was pointedly ignored.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA