point-device
Americanadverb
adjective
adjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of point-device
1325–75; Middle English at point devis arranged to a point, i.e., to a nicety, to perfection; see device
Example Sentences
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His friends looked so wretched, so woebegone, so bedraggled, while their captor looked so point-device and self-satisfied that Villon felt a fierce indignation burn within him over the injustices of the world.
From If I Were King by Justin McCarthy
He was of dapper appearance, point-device in everything, and he reminded you of a perky robin.
From The Certain Hour by James Branch Cabell
Scrupulously cleanly, in his dress he was point-device.
From James B. Eads by Louis How
Then an uncomfortable consciousness of a rough black coat, drab trowsers, checked cotton cravat, and splashed boots, forced itself upon him as he saw Osborne's point-device costume.
From Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Half-way up, Sedley, noting the rich suit worn so point-device, and aware of how full in the sunshine of the Queen's favor stood for the moment his Captain, asked if he were for the presence.
From Sir Mortimer by Mary Johnston
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