angularity

[ang-gyuh-lar-i-tee]

noun

plural

angularities 

1. the quality of being angular.

2. angularities, sharp corners; angular outlines.

   the angularities of the coastline.

angularity

/ ˌæŋɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ /

noun

1. the condition of being angular

2. an angular form or shape

Other Word Forms

• subangularity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of angularity¹

First recorded in 1635–45; angular + -ity

Example Sentences

Their curves contrast with the angularity of most spaces and depart from the conventional rectilinear profile of sofas.

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Combining art-rock angularity with biting social satire, their debut album This Could Be Texas was called "one of the finest debuts of the decade" by indie publication The Line Of Best Fit.

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In her interpretation, the piece shed its acrid angularity.

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It is a fine example of the sober yet seething angularity of its era, leavened with warm strings and hints of Coplandesque expansiveness.

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On Thursday, they were mainly illustrative of the renovated Geffen Hall’s acoustics, which in their bright dryness rewarded the lithe angularity of “Sunday Morning” but punished the violent muddle of “Storm.”

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