pointedly

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He took his wine gracefully--pointedly, it seemed to me--an example imitated by his curate, a much younger man.

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  1. In a pointed manner. With point or force; with lively turns of thought or expression. He often wrote too pointedly for his subject. Dryden.
  2. With direct assertion; with explicitness; with direct reference to a subject.

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  • Right She asked the rhetorical question pointedly, and he couldn't resist answering it. —  AnalogSFF,December2006
  • He added his last words pointedly, as if we could somehow have forgotten that his father was the commander of the Academy. —  Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)
  • ‘Hebe?’ he prompted pointedly, as she made no effort to move, her face pale as she looked searchingly at her mother. —  PregnantbytheMillionaire
  • And though the actors and Richard Fleischer's direction are little better than pedestrian (that may be a generous assessment of Norton's acting talent), and though the movie may at heart be simply a piece of exploitation (it was certainly marketed as such), I was struck by the fact that it comes off as pointedly, and powerfully, anti-racist as it is lurid. —  The House Next Door
  • Although lawmakers from both parties expressed misgivings about Geithner's personal tax history -- pointedly noting that he would be overseeing the —  Top Stories - Google News
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