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simple past and past participle of point examples
comparative more pointed, superlative most pointed
(comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull. examples
(comparable) Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant. examples
(not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities. examples
(comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic. quotations examples
Attention has been called to the report in a New-York paper, which has been made the subject of pointed comment […]
1863 February 21, “Important from Washington”, in The New York Times
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.
2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 June 2013
President Taft to-day had a pointed comment for the "new nationalism" that his predecessor has been launching in the West.
1910 September 3, “Taft Is Not Pleased by Roosevelt Plan”, in The New York Times
(topology, algebraic topology, of a topological space) That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations.