boxy

American  

[bok-see] / ˈbɒk si /

adjective

boxier, boxiest

1. like or resembling a box, especially in shape.

   a boxy little house.

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boxy British  

/ ˈbɒksɪ /

adjective

1. squarish or chunky in style or appearance

   a boxy square-cut jacket

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Other Word Forms

• boxiness noun

Etymology

Origin of boxy

First recorded in 1860–65; box ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

For the rest of the building is disappointingly lackluster—boxy white galleries and corridors in “painted gypsum board,” i.e., sheetrock.

From The Wall Street Journal

A worker in white gloves inspects the propellers of a boxy two-seater aircraft fresh off the assembly line at a Chinese factory trialling the mass production of flying cars.

From Barron's

By using components to create small, boxy workstations, companies found they could pack more employees into tighter spaces.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s surrounded by modern apartment buildings, boxy and inoffensive, built to blend in with today’s taste.

From Los Angeles Times

Both Buckingham Palace and Ashton Place were fine examples of the neoclassical style of architecture, which is to say they were boxy and rather plain, in a symmetrical, fluted-column sort of way.

From Literature

Related Words

• rectangular