pointedly

Adverb

Meaning

in such a manner as to make something clearly evident

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Synonyms

particularly specifically clearly deliberately sharply intentionally voluntarily distinctly purposely plainly acutely keenly categorically peculiarly determinedly

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Antonyms

faintly ambiguously inwardly obscurely diffusely dimly

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Phrases with the word

pointedly disobey

Examples

he pointedly ignored the question Source: Internet

After one female McCain supporter said she did not trust Obama because "he's an Arab", McCain pointedly replied to the woman, "No ma'am. Source: Internet

A KGB officer who sees the film in the early 1990s is excited to discover it includes footage of the disputed goal and attempts to sell it to a contact at a television network (pointedly described as not the BBC). Source: Internet

And as for Sabine, the trailer for Season 2 of pointedly showed a woman in a hood. Source: Internet

And he refrained from directly attacking Mr. Trump, though at a gala last year for the Committee to Protect Journalists, Mr. Smith pointedly denounced “intimidation and vilification of the press.” Source: Internet

A member who wishes to pointedly abstain from a vote may do so by entering both lobbies, casting one vote for and one against. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pointed toward pointed-leaf maple pointed-toe pointedly disobey pointedness pointee