pointedly

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pointedly

adverb more pointedly · most pointedly

Explicitly; with emphasis; so as to make a point, especially with criticism. The film echoes a central question from all the Wick films, though: is he a natural-born murderer? Or a good man underneath it all? "This is who you are," the Marquis tells him. "A killer." The question is pointedly unresolved here.
obsolete Wittily or pithily.
Markedly, intentionally conspicuously. I was pointedly ignored.

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@misc{pointedly_2026,
  title = {pointedly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pointedly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}