pointedly

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Explicitly; with emphasis; so as to make a point, especially with criticism.
    — 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.
  2. Wittily or pithily. obsolete
  3. Markedly, intentionally conspicuously.
    — I was pointedly ignored.

词形变化

more pointedly comparative most pointedly superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English pointed
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English pointedly
From pointed + -ly.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary