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pointedness

DEFINITIONS OF: pointedness

1

n the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing

“the pointedness of his sarcasm was unmistakable”
Type of:
directness, straightness
trueness of course toward a goal

n the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip

Synonyms:
point
Antonyms:
unpointedness
the property of having only a dull tip (if any)
Type of:
taper
the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
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