pointedly
 (ad.)尖地;尖刻地;率直地
 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.
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 pointedly
      adv : in such a manner as to make something clearly evident; "he
            pointedly ignored the question"