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单词 pointingly
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pointinglyadv.

Brit. /ˈpɔɪntɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪn(t)ɪŋli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pointing adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < pointing adj. + -ly suffix2.
rare.
1. In a way that points something out; pointedly. Also: while pointing a hand, finger, etc.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adverb] > explicitly
in termsc1400
apresslya1450
expressly1509
preciselya1513
by termsa1525
formally1526
expressedlya1555
explicately1606
pointingly1607
evolvedlya1641
exactly1646
syllabically1654
explicitlya1657
pointedly1775
1607 B. Jonson Volpone Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2v Where haue I bin particular? Where personall, except to..creatures (for their insolencies) worthy to be tax'd? or to which of these so pointingly, as he might not, either ingeniously haue confest, or wisely dissembled his disease? View more context for this quotation
1901 E. Nesbit Wouldbegoods 304 ‘Where's Martha?’ Dora suddenly said. ‘She went that way,’ pointingly remarked H.O.
1994 Irish Times (Nexis) 29 Dec. 18 Their flagrant time wasting, which at one stage had the Tasmanian umpire Steve Randell pointingly showing Atherton his watch.
2. Using the point of a weapon. Obsolete.
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1620 Thomas's Dict. (ed. 12) Punctim..foiningly, pointingly.
1743 tr. H. Boerhaave Ess. on Virtue & Efficient Cause Magnetical Cures 55 It is likewise to be observed, if the Wound is made edgling or pointingly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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