Definition of "pointedly" []

• Explicitly; with emphasis; so as to make a point, especially with criticism (adverb)
• Wittily or pithily (adverb)

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• "Note that the definition pointedly includes nonviolent actions name calling against a child."
• "Constantin, I have said, in pointedly unsubtle language, that Clarence Thomas was unqualified to succeed Thurgood Marshall and that, when his confirmation was at risk, he played the race card in a particularly ugly manner."
• "John Herbison: Constantin, I have said, in pointedly unsubtle language, that Clarence Thomas was unqualified to succeed Thurgood Marshall and that, when his confirmation was at risk, he played the race card in a particularly ugly manner."