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pointedly

[poin-tid-lee] / ˈpɔɪn tɪd li /
ADVERB
deliberately
Synonyms
STRONGEST
consciously knowingly purposely studiously voluntarily willfully
STRONG
advisedly
WEAK
after consideration apurpose by design calculatingly designed determinedly emphatically freely in cold blood independently meaningfully on purpose premeditatively prepensely purposively resolutely to that end with a view to with eyes wide open with malice aforethought without qualms wittingly
Antonyms
WEAK
indetermindedly unintentionally unwittingly
ADVERB
expressly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
categorically explicitly plainly specifically unequivocally unmistakably
WEAK
absolutely clearly decidedly directly distinctly in no uncertain terms manifestly outright positively
Antonyms
WEAK
ambiguously
ADVERB
sharply
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clearly strongly
WEAK
discernibly distinctly
ADVERB
specifically
Synonyms
STRONGEST
categorically clearly correctly definitely especially exactly explicitly individually precisely respectively specially
WEAK
accurately characteristically concretely distinctively in detail in specie indicatively minutely peculiarly
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inaccurately indefinitely questionably
WEAK
broadly generally

Example Sentences

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“It seems to me,” the chief told Sauer pointedly, “maybe you’re not saying anything other than, Well, that’s different.”

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2026

You and your husband, Ed Harris, kind of pointedly did not stand or applaud during a standing ovation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Even Christian music performers Cory Ashbury and Forrest Frank pointedly announced that they won’t be appearing.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

I had the opportunity to speak with two of them last month at the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo in Orlando, Fla., where I participated in a panel pointedly called “Agentic AI: Is it Real?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Mrs. Coulter, loosening the cramped way some roses had been bunched into a vase, saw that Lyra wasn’t moving and glanced pointedly at the door.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman