angled

American  

[ang-guhld] / ˈæŋ gəld /

adjective

1. having an angle or angles.

2. Heraldry.

   1. noting an interrupted partition line having the two parts offset and a line at right angles connecting them.

   2. (of an ordinary) having an edge or edges so formed.

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Etymology

Origin of angled

First recorded in 1565–75; angle ¹ + -ed ³

Explanation

Something at a sharp angle, slant, or incline can be described as angled. An angled ramp makes skateboarding more fun. The roof of your house is probably angled, and so is the ramp of a parking garage and the blade of a chef's knife. Sports reporters are fond of describing certain moves as angled, too, like an angled basketball shot or an angled football run. The adjective angled comes from angle, "space between intersecting lines," from the Latin angulus, "an angle or a corner."

Example Sentences

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angled

Using a 3-D-printed model of his father’s head, a TV screen and an angled mirror, he created what looked like a hologram of his father.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Karvelas was not finished when he was last man out in Sussex's first innings and, taking the new-ball, separated the Essex opening pair with an angled a delivery into Paul Walter's stumps.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

It is a Campbell’s-inspired soup can, lightly angled so strands of broccoli are peeking out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

“I am a deep ‘Star Wars’ fan,” he said in his second week on “The Late Show,” joking that his teleprompter was unreadable because it had angled yellow text like the famous “Star Wars” scroll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

It was there in his light eyes, the way they angled down and avoided roundness just slightly.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline