pointed
adjective
having a point or points.
pointedness
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a word derived from
pointed.
Example Sentences
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There’s a specific pointedness to the fact that Linda, who bares her soul to a colleague played by Conan O’Brien, is charged with managing other peoples’ issues as a mental health professional.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Here, too, we find the irreverent pleasure in the telling, the attitude of moral justice, the pointedness of the voice.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 21, 2016
Few cars have the pointedness, the intentionality of a 911 at speed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2016
Its most original elements are the startling, hawk-like angles of Aaron Eckhart's nose and chin, which compel obedience and team spirit from the embattled Marines through sheer sharpness and pointedness.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2011
The question was unpleasant in its directness, and, while put with perfect respect, its pointedness seemed cutting.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Bertram Mitford
