pointedly

[poin-tid-lee]

adverb

1. in a marked, emphasized, or particularly directed fashion.

   Many media outlets are reporting on the incident—but pointedly avoiding showing the images at the center of the story.

   When a conference was convened to discuss a policy of settling environmental battles through negotiation, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance pointedly was not invited.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pointedly¹

pointed ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Throughout the morning, both the conservative lawyers and justices pointedly ignored the influence of church and parental pressure on struggling queer youth.

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The Gamble House has opened its servants quarters to tours and added an art installation that pointedly examines the lives of domestic workers; Gustavo Dudamel is back at the Hollywood Bowl.

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In one of the film’s most charged moments, Peck turns Orwell’s warning about political language into a montage of modern euphemisms: “peacekeeping operations,” “collateral damage,” “illegals” — and then, pointedly, “antisemitism 2024.”

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He relaxed strict dress codes for agents, recruited female agents and pointedly hired people from outside the agency – who were not indoctrinated in the Hoover culture – for administrative posts.

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In these spiky comments, Sir Keir was pointedly naming Farage as the principal opponent in the "fight", rather than Labour's traditional competitor for power, the Conservatives.

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