en pointeadv.
Ballet.
On the extremity of the toe(s).
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1955 Times 29 Aug. 10/5 Juliet expresses her character, and especially her emotional agitation, en pointes.
1959 Times 1 Sept. 11/3 Miss Doris Lainë..did a wonderfully neat hop en pointe.
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