English Explanatory Dictionary

pointedly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Explicitly; with emphasis; so as to make a point, especially with criticism.
  2. Wittily or pithily.
  3. Markedly, intentionally conspicuously.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pointedly.wav

Word forms

pointedly more pointedly most pointedly

Etymology

From pointed + -ly.

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