noun
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the condition of being angular
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an angular form or shape
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Compared to the toolbox angularity of its rivals, the CX-90’s presentation is sleek, urbane, even fancy, with lots of brightwork accenting the front and rear bumpers, rocker panels and grille frame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Combining art-rock angularity with biting social satire, their debut album This Could Be Texas was called "one of the finest debuts of the decade" by indie publication The Line Of Best Fit.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024
And the spirits of recently departed piano greats run through Gould’s fingers: You’ll hear the angularity of Chick Corea, the rhythmic attack of Larry Willis, the layer-cake blues harmonies of Harold Mabern.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
Kia revealed the EV9 SUV, an extra-large concept EV with Soul-like angularity and an estimated range of up to 300 miles.
From The Verge ● Nov. 17, 2021
My clothes weren’t right, my face wasn’t right, but my angularity was.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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In doing so, each challenged the flakiest fans to commit to the creators' muses despite the angularities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2015
The closer was “One Finger Snap,” by Herbie Hancock, and if Mr. Lightsey didn’t quite nail the tricky angularities of its melody, he didn’t let that slow him down.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2014
"The geography is really another brooding character," says , praising its "angularities, shadows and dark moods".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2013
Once balance problems had been sorted, Jurowski and the London Philharmonic settled into a well-drilled performance, musical angularities crisp and springy.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2010
Blore studied with naive surprise a statuette in brass—wondering perhaps if its bizarre angularities were really supposed to be the female figure.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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