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angularity

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an·gu·lar·i·ty  (nggy-lr-t)
n. pl. an·gu·lar·i·ties
1. The quality or condition of being angular.
2. angularities Angular forms, outlines, or corners.
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Noun1.angularity - a shape having one or more sharp angles
shape, form - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
forking, furcation - the place where something divides into branches
jog - a sharp change in direction; "there was a jog in the road"
zag, zig, zigzag - an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
crease, crimp, fold, plication, flexure, bend - an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
2.angularity - the property possessed by a shape that has angles
shape, configuration, conformation, contour, form - any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"
oblongness, rectangularity - the property of being shaped like a rectangle
triangularity - the property of being shaped like a triangle
roundness - the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular


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Despite a certain angularity of figure and her hollow cheeks she was certainly one of the most distinguished-looking women in the room.
Wiry Ben never smiled: he looked as serious as a dancing monkey--as serious as if he had been an experimental philosopher ascertaining in his own person the amount of shaking and the varieties of angularity that could be given to the human limbs.
Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts.
 
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