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Definition of Pointedness

1. Noun. The property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip.

2. Noun. The quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing. "The pointedness of his sarcasm was unmistakable"

Definition of Pointedness

1. Noun. The quality of being pointed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pointedness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pointedness

pointal pointblank pointcut pointcuts pointe pointed pointed-leaf maple pointed-toe pointed arch pointed condyloma

pointed out pointed the bone pointedly pointedness (current term) pointednesses pointee pointees pointel pointelle pointelles

pointels pointer pointer finger pointerless pointerlike pointers pointes pointework

Literary usage of Pointedness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"... attain- expression, pointedness of sentence, Examples of these figures are indeed the Latin style. That quaintness of madness of metaphor and antithesis ..."

2. Walking the Tightrope: Talks on Meditative Development with Pemasiri Thera by David Young (2005)
"Your recognition of a letter means there is one-pointedness, unification, ... Our one- pointedness of mind catches and recognizes various objects of ..."

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