angularity
noun
an·gu·lar·i·ty
ˌaŋ-gyə-ˈler-ə-tē 
-ˈla-rə-
plural angularities
1
: the quality of being angular
2
angularities plural
: angular outlines or characteristics
Examples of angularity in a Sentence
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What’s happening is a combination of the skin thinning and growing looser—and the cartilage that used to give your nose or ears angularity and refinement suddenly softening and spreading.
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Genevieve Monsma, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2024
Throughout, Perry gives both voice and orchestra an appealing combination of Neo-Baroque angularity and post-Romantic warmth.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
This protective laptop case resembles a high-tech bank vault with its rugged angularity.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2023
Imaginative overflow, however, is always more appealing than a dearth, and though the rounded beauty of Disney’s draftsmanship—remember the cathedral-like cavern of the whale’s interior—can never be erased, the angularity of this latest attempt has a piercing punch of its own.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
These sketches looked nothing like her; the face long and hard and mature, the nose aquiline; her youthful moon face replaced with a kind of sinister bony angularity.
—Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2023
Architecture firm Hirsch Bedner Associates, which brought a cool angularity with pops of color to the Four Seasons Kyoto, devised airy interiors for the 100-passenger ship, including an observation lounge near the bow with floor-to-ceiling windows and 180-degree views.
—Nancy Trejos, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2020
These curved elements also provide a contrast of forms next to the angularity of the soaring roof.
—Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 23 Jan. 2023
In this sleek option, geometric shapes bring an angularity, while snowy white pillows offer up a feminine touch.
—Leah Melby Clinton, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Dec. 2022
Genevieve Monsma, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2024
Throughout, Perry gives both voice and orchestra an appealing combination of Neo-Baroque angularity and post-Romantic warmth.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
This protective laptop case resembles a high-tech bank vault with its rugged angularity.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2023
Imaginative overflow, however, is always more appealing than a dearth, and though the rounded beauty of Disney’s draftsmanship—remember the cathedral-like cavern of the whale’s interior—can never be erased, the angularity of this latest attempt has a piercing punch of its own.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
These sketches looked nothing like her; the face long and hard and mature, the nose aquiline; her youthful moon face replaced with a kind of sinister bony angularity.
—Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2023
Architecture firm Hirsch Bedner Associates, which brought a cool angularity with pops of color to the Four Seasons Kyoto, devised airy interiors for the 100-passenger ship, including an observation lounge near the bow with floor-to-ceiling windows and 180-degree views.
—Nancy Trejos, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2020
These curved elements also provide a contrast of forms next to the angularity of the soaring roof.
—Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 23 Jan. 2023
In this sleek option, geometric shapes bring an angularity, while snowy white pillows offer up a feminine touch.
—Leah Melby Clinton, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Dec. 2022
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“Angularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angularity. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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