Generally and Pointedly

Generally

Generally adverb - According to the usual course of things.

Pointedly is an antonym for generally.

Pointedly

Pointedly adverb - In such a manner as to make something clearly evident.

Generally is an antonym for pointedly in expressly topic.

Nearby Words: point, pointed, pointing

Both words in one sentence

  • Overly Long Gag Any time a player pointedly ignores the host's buzzing multiple times, (s)he's generally in the midst of one of these.
  • Insane Troll Logic When the TARDIS pointedly remarks that dead people generally don't talk, Zagreus tries to convince her that she's mad for talking back to a dead person, so she'd better let him out.
  • Even Don Rosa, not generally into flanderization, portrays this pointedly in his "The Magnificent Seven (Minus Four) Caballeros" to contrast it with his relationship with his old friends Panchito Pistoles and José Carioca.
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