boxier; boxiest
: resembling a box
boxiness noun

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Get in on the trend in this subtly boxy shirt with allover tonal floral lace embroidery. Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 5 July 2025 Now rising on Scott Boulevard is a three-story, 42,000-square-foot office structure with boxy glass windows hugging a public plaza. Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 The boxy top-handle tote achieved absolute icon status as a rite-of-passage purchase fit for the next generation of shoppers with high standards. Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 June 2025 More specifically, the Titan 2 looks a lot like the boxy BlackBerry Passport from 2014, with a 4.5-inch 1440x1440-px square display gracing its flat-edge body. New Atlas, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for boxy

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of boxy was in 1834

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“Boxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxy. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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