as in pointed
tapering to a thin tip
wears high heels with very pointy toes even though they kill her feet
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Recent Examples of pointy
The echidna — fittingly known as the spiny anteater — lives entirely on land, is covered in pointy quills and has rear feet that face backward, kicking up dirt as the animal burrows into the ground.
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Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
Their curving facades are meant to break with much of the city’s more angular structures; with rounded corner window walls and textural finishes that add movement to buildings, the towers will stand out among many of the more aggressively pointy skyscrapers that dot the landscape.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2025
The unusual-looking freshwater fish, which has pointy teeth and a long snout, measured 7 feet and 3 inches and weighed 153 pounds, according to Weston’s post—about the same heft as a keg of beer.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
But then, there’s the glowing red eyes and the pointy teeth and the screaming.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
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Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
Their curving facades are meant to break with much of the city’s more angular structures; with rounded corner window walls and textural finishes that add movement to buildings, the towers will stand out among many of the more aggressively pointy skyscrapers that dot the landscape.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2025
The unusual-looking freshwater fish, which has pointy teeth and a long snout, measured 7 feet and 3 inches and weighed 153 pounds, according to Weston’s post—about the same heft as a keg of beer.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
But then, there’s the glowing red eyes and the pointy teeth and the screaming.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointy
Adjective
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On an otherwise comfortably mild day in Westminster, Richard Scudamore was getting, if not a grilling, then at least some pointed questioning.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Last Monday night, after Smith’s confrontation with Lee, a senior member of her staff sent a pointed message to Lee’s office.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Twin Cities,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has publicly stated that recent U.S. and Israeli airstrikes inflicted serious damage on Iran's nuclear sites, a sharp contrast to the downplaying by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and one early U.S. intelligence assessment that was leaked to media.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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It’s measured in sharper thinking, richer conversations, and better decisions.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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The group of inmates escaped by yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet, crawling through a hole in the wall behind it and scaling a barbed wire fence in the early morning hours.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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Louisiana Attorney General's Office via AP The group of inmates escaped by yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet, crawling through a hole and scaling a barbed wire fence in the early morning hours when a lone guard left to get food.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
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“Pointy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointy. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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