angular
[ang-gyuh-ler]
- having an angle or angles.
- consisting of, situated at, or forming an angle.
- of, relating to, or measured by an angle.
- Physics. pertaining to quantities related to a revolving body that are measured in reference to its axis of revolution.
- bony, lean, or gaunt: a tall, angular man.
- acting or moving awkwardly.
- stiff in manner; unbending.
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Also angulose, angulous.
Origin of angular
Antonyms
1. curved. 5. rotund. 6. graceful.
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Examples from the Web for angular
Contemporary Examples
You, too, will be zipping along to the angular guitars and zigzagging, herky-jerky vocals.
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Traditional coach seats gave the illusion of comfortable padding but were angular, not reflecting body shapes.
As she emerged from her teen years, she developed an angular face and striking cheekbones.
His angular cheeks, thick glasses, and carefully combed hair incarnate elegance, vision, and, unfortunately, personal agony.
Rei Kawakubo presented a collection filled with caged-dresses, angular capes, and hair that reached for the sky.
Historical Examples
His listening attitude had a sort of angular and sorrowful grace.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
Bertheroy was a tall and lean septuagenarian, with angular features.
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He had a smooth, angular face, black hair and black, penetrating eyes.
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The pores or alveoli are angular elongated, white at first, then straw-color.
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The spores in some species are even and in others, rough and angular.
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angular
- lean or bony
- awkward or stiff in manner or movement
- having an angle or angles
- placed at an angle
- measured by an angle or by the rate at which an angle changes
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin angulāris, from angulus angle 1
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Word Origin and History for angular
adj.
1590s, from Latin angularis "having corners or angles," from angulus (see angle (n.)). Earlier in an astrological sense, "occupying a cardinal point of the zodiac" (late 14c.). Angulous "having many corners" is from mid-15c.
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