pointedly

About 1.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adverb Explicitly; with emphasis; so as to make a point, especially with criticism.
2. adverb Wittily or pithily.
3. adverb Markedly, intentionally conspicuously.

   I was pointedly ignored.

Similar words

specifically precisely strongly acutely sharply harshly pointingly emphatically markedly notably

Often followed by

at to that and in asked ignored remarked the