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Pointedly
Meaning
Adv
●
explicitly; with
emphasis
;
so as to
make a point
, especially with criticism
●
wittily or pithily
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Origin
pointedly
English
-ly
English
-lice
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
-ly
Middle English (1100-1500)
pointed
English
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Conspicuously
Bluntly
Tellingly
Politely
Explicitly
Insistently
Rudely
Condescendingly
Curtly
Sharply
Dismissively
Studiously
Poignantly
Plainly
Tersely
Emphatically
Subtly
Slyly
Evidently
Specifically
Vehemently
Coyly
Precisely
Stridently
Snidely
Brusquely
Accusingly
Broadly
Obliquely
Sinisterly
Controversially
Patronizingly
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