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pointiest

pointiest is the superlative form of pointy.

Meaning of pointy

Adjective

pointy (comparative pointier, superlative pointiest)

  1. (informal) Pointed in shape; having a point or points.
  2. In the Raku programming language: being a block or subroutine that acts as a closure accepting a list of parameters (denoted by the pointed arrow symbol ->).
    • a pointy sub; a pointy block

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Phrases with pointiest

Questions about pointiest

What is pointiest the superlative form of?
Pointiest is the superlative form of pointy.

Words near pointiest in the dictionary

  1. pointfulness
  2. pointier
  3. pointier end
  4. pointier ends
  5. pointies
  6. pointiest
  7. pointiest end
  8. pointiest ends
  9. pointihedra
  10. pointillage
  11. pointillism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pointiest (page history and authors); pointy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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