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pointedness|ˈpɔɪntɪdnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being pointed; chiefly in reference to the expression of thought.
1636B. Jonson Discov. Wks. (Rtldg.) 759/1 The vicious language is vast, and gaping, swelling and irregular: when it contends to be high, full of rock, mountain, and pointedness. 1693Dryden Disc. Orig. & Progr. Sat. Ess. (Ker) II. 19 You add that pointedness of thought, which is visibly wanting in our great Roman. 1801Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 124 The eulogium..united pointedness and energy with the simplicity of truth. 1843P. Parley's Ann. IV. 113 This pointedness of wing constitutes the great advantage of the falcons as sporting birds. 1882C. E. Turner in Macm. Mag. XLV. 480 The contrast is brought out with a force that is almost stern in its pointedness. |