in a way that is clearly intended to show what you mean or to express criticism:
She yawned and looked pointedly at her watch. * When he sees me, he pointedly ignores me.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of pointedly come from?
This entry for pointedly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is pointedly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, pointedly is tagged as adverb.
Does pointedly appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — pointedly appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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