angularity

[ ang-gyuh-lar-i-tee ]

noun

, plural an·gu·lar·i·ties.

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 Words From

• suban·gu·lari·ty noun plural subangularities

Word History and Origins

Origin of angularity¹

First recorded in 1635–45; angular + -ity

Example Sentences

It marries the despair of Gresham’s superb, unsparing novel with the creepy angularity of Edmund Goulding’s film version.

From Time

The rosy light falling upon her failed to disguise the paleness of her face or its slight angularity of line.

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Our pupils acquire agility without angularity or unsightly protuberances anywhere.

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Out of the group rose Colonel Gideon, his long frame unfolding with the angularity of a carpenter's two-foot rule.

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All the old angularity had slipped away from her lately, and a new graciousness and sweetness had taken its place.

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She's really a good little thing at bottom; this angularity and stiffness that you object to is chiefly manner.

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