pointedly

Example Sentences

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"Yes there is an audience," he says pointedly.

From BBC

Even more pointedly, the memos observe that a criminal prosecution against a sitting president could result in "physical interference with the President's performance of his official duties that it would amount to an incapacitation."

From Salon

“A Thousand and One” is pointedly set in 1990s New York, at the dawn of the stop-and-frisk policies and gentrification efforts that would change the city forever.

From Washington Post

It wasn’t negative, really, but it was pointedly critical.

From Washington Post

An overwhelmed Italy, she has argued pointedly, will have a harder time stopping migrants from leaving Italy and heading north to other parts of Europe.

From Washington Post