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pointblank

pointblank adverb: point-blank.

Adverb

pointblank (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) point-blank
    • We had many hot discussions on the topic, and it ended by my refusing pointblank to marry Miss Sherman at all.1913, Rex Stout, Her Forbidden Knight, Carroll & Graf, published 1997, →ISBN, page 149

Questions about pointblank

What does pointblank mean?
Pointblank means point-blank.
What part of speech is pointblank?
Pointblank is an adverb.

Words near pointblank in the dictionary

  1. pointal
  2. pointals
  3. pointation
  4. pointball
  5. pointballs
  6. pointblank
  7. pointbreak
  8. pointbreaks
  9. pointcast
  10. pointcasted
  11. pointcasting

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