pointedly
IPA: pˈɔɪntɪdɫi
adverb
- explicitly; with emphasis; so as to make a point, especially with criticism
- (obsolete) wittily or pithily
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Examples of "pointedly" in Sentences
- Note that the definition pointedly includes nonviolent actions name calling against a child.
- Instead, you’ve invested an incredible amount of time and effort in pointedly avoiding making an argument that could be responded to.
- After that Colin pointedly abstained from allusion to the Ideal Wife and to Joan Gildea's Typewriting-Correspondent, as he had called her.
- 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.
- 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.