Pointingly

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a manner that points out or indicates.

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

  2. 2
    Synonym of pointedly. dated

    "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."

Synonyms

All synonyms
pointedly

Example

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

Etymology

From pointing + -ly.

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