Associations to the word «Pointedly»

Wiktionary

POINTEDLY, adverb. Explicitly; with emphasis; so as to make a point, especially with criticism
POINTEDLY, adverb. (obsolete) wittily or pithily

Dictionary definition

POINTEDLY, adverb. In such a manner as to make something clearly evident; "he pointedly ignored the question".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky