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pointedly

adverb as in sharply

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In 2008 then Pope Benedict XVI stated quite pointedly that animals are “not called to the eternal life.”

More pointedly, can supporting abortion rights be compatible with Christianity?

Relationships in her "blood family," a distinction her brother pointedly made at her funeral, were often strained and fractious.

The ruling today pointedly agrees that cloud storage issues can wait for another time.

She also pointedly noted that some of the Santa Barbara victims were stabbed, not shot.

Are you quite sure,” asked the missionary pointedly, “that you are supplied with everything else that you require?

So when he pointedly directed my attention to sunshine as the greatest need of the world, I felt it was my duty to listen.

Mr. Norcross was gettin' himself mighty pointedly disliked; you know that.

Again Minetta had remarked pointedly on his lack of fishing-luck, but it was not that that was troubling him.

"So much the wiser she, Master Dutton," returned the admiral, pointedly.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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