Example sentences for: pointedly

How can you use “pointedly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The incident was, however, noticed by the NSC counterterrorism staff, which pointedly asked to be kept in the loop in the future.

  • But many more women wear a new version of pointedly Islamic costume.

  • Oxymoron derives from the Greek oxymoros meaning pointedly foolish, which itself derives from oxy- , a combining form meaning sharp (from the Greek oxus meaning sharp) and moron (from the Greek moros meaning dull).

  • Rafferty uses the word "moral" quite pointedly.

  • My response to all this was quietly but pointedly to let them know that I considered their manner to be amateurish at best and downright insulting at worst.


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