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Definition of Pointedly
1. Adverb. In such a manner as to make something clearly evident. "He pointedly ignored the question"
Definition of Pointedly
1. Adverb. explicitly; with emphasis; so as to make a point, especially with criticism ¹
2. Adverb. (obsolete) wittily or pithily ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pointedly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pointedly
Literary usage of Pointedly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... paragraphs in these chapters that most pointedly outline the doctrine read as
follows: IV. Those angels and men, thus predestined and fore-ordained, ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"... i 159d, pointedly say that such an individual may enforce this right against
a water company by mandamus. We are told that this defense of the water ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... "who speak the truth, and speak it well, judiciously, pointedly, and with
beauty and power of expression" (De doct. christ., iv, 21). ..."
4. Ireland: Historical and Statistical by George Lewis Smyth (1847)
"... judgment of the utility of an undertaking ; and to decide whether they ought
to purchase shares in it. ... I make these observations the more pointedly, ..."
5. The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788 by Hugh Blair Grigsby (1890)
"... the distinction between the people of the United States and the States so
pointedly drawn by Henry, and the bounden duty of representatives charged with ..."
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