pointedly

1. 1.

   in such a manner as to make something clearly evident

   “he pointedly ignored the question”

Questions about pointedly

What does pointedly mean?

pointedly means "in such a manner as to make something clearly evident".

How many syllables are in pointedly?

pointedly has 3 syllables: poin-ted-ly. The stress falls on "poin". In IPA it is /ˈpɔɪntɪdˌli/.

Is pointedly a common word?

pointedly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pointedly?

42 words rhyme with pointedly. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.