Pointed
Pointed adjective - Having to do with the matter at hand.
Usage example: he made a number of pointed remarks on the crisis abroad
Slight
Slight adjective - Lacking bodily strength.
Both words in one sentence
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Though lacking a scope, the bullet would hit exactly where the gun was pointed (albeit with a slight delay between the time you fired & the time the bullet hit the target) & would kill in one hit.
Source: Sniper Pistol - All of these made a slight alteration to the cover art slip over the clamshell; the very edges of the art slip were trimmed to be round rather than pointed, and this would be the shape used for the next 15 years until Disney was more or less forced to stop using plastic clamshells.
- Lugosi had a broad chin bordering on being lantern jaw with slight but noticeable jowls, and Schreck's chin was round and somewhat underdeveloped, though it appeared slightly more pointed than it was in some shots due to being accented by his sharply angled Villainous Cheekbones.
Source: Thin Chin of Sin
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