pointingly

English

Etymology

From pointing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

pointingly (comparative more pointingly, superlative most pointingly)

1. In a manner that points out or indicates.
   • 1899 May, Neil Wynn Williams, “The Tale of the American Volunteer”, in The Strand Magazine, volume 17, number 100, page 418:

     “You mean - there?' I inquired, stretching my arm pointingly over the edge of the car.

   • 2012, Amanda Wiparina, Forbidden, page 93:

     "And if I hear anyone going up the stairs or coming down,” James pointingly looked at Ember and Derek, “You'll be locked in the tool shed.”

   • 2015, Lester Embree, The Schutzian Theory of the Cultural Sciences, page 116:

     When the suspect is the theme, her associates are pointingly referred to by the theme, but the street, felt time, and fatigue are not pointingly referred to.

2. (dated) Synonym of pointedly
   • 1884, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia:

     Gill objects to my (?) method of distinguishing between the larger and smaller zoogeographical divisions, and pointingly submits that "The question may naturally recur, why the line which separates 'regions' from 'sub- regions' should be drawn between 35 and 46 per cent. rather than between 46 and 63 or 64 per cent., or even between 64 and 78 per cent.

   • 1942, New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs:

     The motion should be denied on the ground that the statements in the moving papers are irrelevant, immaterial and pointingly degrading.

   • 1942, Francè Veber, There is a God, page 27:

     The relation of the perception to the reality is, therefore, directly opposed to the relation of the will to the reality: The will pointingly produces realities, the perception pointingly subordinates itself to realities.

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