But then the dogs were howling pointedly, insistently toward the south.
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Pointedly
Synonyms for "pointedly" (89 found)
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5 total sentences available.
He pointedly ignored her as she walked into the room.
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"Do you have another job for me?" I asked her pointedly. "I spoke to Tom a day ago, and he said he was heading out to Boston for an assignment you gave him."
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The film echoes a central question from all the Wick films, though: is he a natural-born murderer? Or a good man underneath it all? "This is who you are," the Marquis tells him. "A killer." The question is pointedly unresolved here.
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