See pointed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "pointedly"
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{
"word": "well-pointed"
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"text": "The warrior brandished a pointed spear.",
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"ref": "1863 February 21, “Important from Washington”, in The New York Times:",
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{
"ref": "2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-06-21:",
"text": "After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "1910 September 3, “Taft Is Not Pleased by Roosevelt Plan”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "President Taft to-day had a pointed comment for the \"new nationalism\" that his predecessor has been launching in the West.",
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"ref": "1942, “The Dover Boys at Pimento University” (1:53 from the start), in Chuck Jones, director, Merrie Melodies, spoken by Narrator:",
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"sense": "sharp",
"word": "pointy"
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"sense": "sharp",
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sracayr",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "սրածայր"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sur",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "սուր"
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vóstry",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "во́стры"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ostǎr",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "остър"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izostren",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "изострен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "punxegut"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "terävä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "teroitettu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "teräväkärkinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "kärjekäs"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pointu"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣veriani",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "წვერიანი"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "akidōtós",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "ἀκιδωτός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "hegyes"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "csúcsos"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "éles"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "terävä"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "gobach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "appuntito"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "aguzzo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "puntuto"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "afiadu"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "afióde"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sruǝc",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "ស្រួច"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "pointu"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sivri",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "سیوری"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "pontudo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "apontado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaostrjónnyj",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular"
],
"word": "заострённый"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "tigma",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "तिग्म"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "puntutu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "spetsig"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lɛ̌ɛm",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "แหลม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "sivri"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "nhọn"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "sharf",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "שאַרף"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shpitsik",
"sense": "sharp at one end",
"word": "שפּיציק"
}
],
"word": "pointed"
}
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