pointingly

Adverb

pointingly (comparative more pointingly, superlative most pointingly)

1. In a manner that points out or indicates.
   • “You mean - there?' I inquired, stretching my arm pointingly over the edge of the car.1899 May, Neil Wynn Williams, “The Tale of the American Volunteer”, in The Strand Magazine, volume 17, number 100, page 418
   • "And if I hear anyone going up the stairs or coming down,” James pointingly looked at Ember and Derek, “You'll be locked in the tool shed.”2012, Amanda Wiparina, Forbidden, page 93
2. (dated) Synonym of pointedly.
   • Gill objects to my (?) method of distinguishing between the larger and smaller zoogeographical divisions, and pointingly submits that "The question may naturally recur, why the line which separates 'regions' from 'sub- regions' should be drawn between 35 and 46 per cent. rather than between 46 and...1884, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
   • The motion should be denied on the ground that the statements in the moving papers are irrelevant, immaterial and pointingly degrading.1942, New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs

   Synonyms:

   pointedly