pointedly

adverb

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Etymology: Etymology tree English pointed Middle English -ly English -ly English pointedly From pointed + -ly.

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.”
“In a second ruling on Sunday, Immergut expanded on her earlier order, temporarily blocking the administration from deploying troops from any state to Portland, and pointedly questioning an administration attorney over what she characterized as an attempt to circumvent her earlier order.”
Wittily or pithily.
Markedly, intentionally conspicuously.
“I was pointedly ignored.”