in such a manner as to make something clearly evident;
\\\"he pointedly ignored the question\\\"
造句
用作副詞(adv.)
Madonna swiftly denied lip-synching and pointedly said she did not spend her time trashing other artists. 麥當娜隨即否認假唱，并尖銳地指出她沒有花時間詆毀其他藝術家。
But an official with the Sukhoi fighter company, which has sold many planes to China, stated pointedly that they are not helping China with its fifth-generation program. 但一位已經售給中國很多飛的蘇霍伊戰機公司的官員尖銳地表示，他們不準備幫助中國實施五代戰機計劃。