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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
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point [syn: point ] [ant: unpointedness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being pointed
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. ...
Usage examples of pointedness.
One continually finds somewhere an original idea-- sometimes even a bonmot, which startles one by its pointedness.