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The property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point
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pointedness
Word definitions for pointedness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pointed \Point"ed\, a. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being pointed
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point [syn: point ] [ant: unpointedness ]
Usage examples of pointedness.
One continually finds somewhere an original idea-- sometimes even a bonmot, which startles one by its pointedness.