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pointedness |
2 definitions found 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]: pointedness n : the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point [syn: {point}] [ant: {unpointedness}]
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