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POINTEDNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does pointedness mean?

• POINTEDNESS (noun)
The noun POINTEDNESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
2. the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing

Familiarity information: POINTEDNESS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• POINTEDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

pointedness; point

Hypernyms ("pointedness" is a kind of...):

taper (the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone))

Antonym:

unpointedness (the property of having only a dull tip (if any))

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the pointedness of his sarcasm was unmistakable

Hypernyms ("pointedness" is a kind of...):

directness; straightness (trueness of course toward a goal)

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