angled
Americanadjective
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having an angle or angles.
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Heraldry.
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noting an interrupted partition line having the two parts offset and a line at right angles connecting them.
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(of an ordinary) having an edge or edges so formed.
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Etymology
Origin of angled
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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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
Brydon Carse cleaned up Nick Potts with another quick and full ball and in the next over, Bashir lost his middle stump to one angled in.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
We’re mostly beyond hating and bragging at this point, happy to be vertical or angled a bit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
It’s bold, heavily angled and has a short shelf life?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
His dark goggles angled in their direction, he yelled, “Take the camera and run! Whatever you do, don’t take any more pictures!”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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