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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pointed \Point"ed\, a.
1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as a pointed rock.
2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of
expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a
particular person or thing
His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. --Pope.
{Pointed arch} (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown.
{Pointed style} (Arch.), a name given to that style of
architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant
feature; -- more commonly called {Gothic}. --
{Point"ed*ly}, adv -- {Point"ed*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pointedly
adv : in such a manner as to make something clearly evident; "he
pointedly ignored the question"
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