Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: pointedly

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But a fun result is that the show is arriving on the same day that Cattrall’s old “Sex and the City” castmates are back with a new season of “And Just Like That …,” which Cattrall pointedly declined to join.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/television/glamorous-miss-benny.html

But in a section entitled “open-ended feedback” it quotes several participants pointedly defending the former president.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/03/anti-trump-group-ads-backfired-00125087

But Oppenheimer pointedly used religious language when talking about the project, as if to underscore the weight of its significance.

Source: https://fortune.com/2023/08/01/why-oppenheimer-so-famous-author-book-atomic-bomb-hiroshima/

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has pointedly refused to join his Republican rival Vivek Ramaswamy in boycotting next year's presidential election in Colorado.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ron-desantis-vivek-ramaswamy-colorado-b2468171.html

He then pointedly questioned the role of the four MPs from the state, suggesting that they failed to voice the concerns of the people.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/sukhu-declares-entire-state-as-natural-calamity-affected-area-8899163/

In this old clip, Dorries pointedly said: “Where MPs do fall down is where they ignore their constituents.”

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nadine-dorries-slams-mps-for-ignoring-constituents-in-old-clip_uk_64d22094e4b0b9c9f3e34832

"I think my views on these things accord with the views of my party, and I don't see that changing," she said, pointedly, on Tuesday night.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-64727152?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

More pointedly, it’s important not to conflate convenience with accessibility.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenaquino/2023/10/04/on-double-tap-in-watchos-101-accessibility-and-apples-rolls/

The mayor then pointedly stood by Waller amid reports from WBEZ and South Side Weekly about two separate allegations of domestic violence in the police leader’s past.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-mayor-brandon-johnson-100-days-chicago-20230823-rfshmdcgrbh6bmrv7dyccfyq2i-story.html

“There, he noted, pointedly, in his diary, ‘we have a most pleasant visit until the general and his entourage arrive.’

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/15/truman-eisenhower-peaceful-transfer-of-power

This is the kind of pointedly bloviating language one might encounter in a scare film or a "social problems" cautionary drama about juvenile delinquents in the 1950s.

Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1159771/the-daily-stream-welcome-to-violence-its-faster-pussycat-kill-kill/