pointier; pointiest
1
: coming to a rather sharp point
2
: having parts that stick out sharply here and there

Examples of pointy in a Sentence

wears high heels with very pointy toes even though they kill her feet
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Plant them before a hard frost about 6 inches deep with the pointy side up. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025 Mesh styles made a return in pointy-toe kitten-heel pumps in neutral colors while the Babouche design was reinterpreted in a python print or black satin that winked also to comfy red carpet moments. Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025 The head of it has a double-sided, conical spike that’s shaped similarly to the pointy side of a mattock (but on a much smaller scale). Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025 Coyote feces is usually lumpy and larger than fox feces, which has pointy ends. Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pointy

Word History

First Known Use

1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of pointy was in 1644

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“Pointy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pointy. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

pointy

adjective
pointier; pointiest
1
: coming to a rather sharp point
2
: having parts that stick out sharply here and there

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