angular

American  

[ang-gyuh-ler] / ˈæŋ gyə lər /

Also angulose,

adjective

1. having an angle or angles.

2. consisting of, situated at, or forming an angle.

3. of, relating to, or measured by an angle.

4. Physics. pertaining to quantities related to a revolving body that are measured in reference to its axis of revolution.

5. bony, lean, or gaunt.

   a tall, angular man.

   Antonyms:

   rotund

6. acting or moving awkwardly.

   Antonyms:

   graceful

7. stiff in manner; unbending.

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angular British  

/ ˈæŋɡjʊlə /

adjective

1. lean or bony

2. awkward or stiff in manner or movement

3. having an angle or angles

4. placed at an angle

5. measured by an angle or by the rate at which an angle changes

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Other Word Forms

• angularly adverb
• angularness noun
• interangular adjective
• semiangular adjective
• subangular adjective
• subangularly adverb
• subangularness noun
• unangular adjective
• unangularly adverb
• unangularness noun

Etymology

Origin of angular

1590–1600; < Latin angulāris having corners or angles, equivalent to angul ( us ) angle ¹ + -āris -ar ¹

Example Sentences

These filaments also act as pathways that funnel matter and angular momentum into galaxies.

From Science Daily

Six dancers persuasively interpret the seasons and sometimes accompany the arias; Ms. Tanowitz’s angular, evocative choreography is enhanced by costumes in shiny textiles and chiffons by Victoria Bek and Carlos Soto.

From The Wall Street Journal

Faces are more angular, crowns take new shapes.

From The Wall Street Journal

There was the Picasso of late-19th-century realism; the Picasso of angular, broken-down Cubist shapes; the Picasso of playfully deformed portraits.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even Magistra Grimsby, an angular, ageless woman who taught Latin as if it were her native tongue, managed a brief, awkward hug.

From Literature

Related Words

• bony
• gaunt
• lanky
• rangy
• skinny