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angularity

[ ang-gyuh-lar-i-tee ]

noun

plural angularities.
  1. the quality of being angular.
  2. angularities, sharp corners; angular outlines:

    the angularities of the coastline.



angularity

/ ˌæŋɡʊˈæɪɪ /

noun

  1. the condition of being angular
  2. an angular form or shape
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲa··i·ٲ noun plural subangularities
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of angularity1

First recorded in 1635–45; angular + -ity
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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.

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In her interpretation, the piece shed its acrid angularity.

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It is a fine example of the sober yet seething angularity of its era, leavened with warm strings and hints of Coplandesque expansiveness.

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On Thursday, they were mainly illustrative of the renovated Geffen Hall’s acoustics, which in their bright dryness rewarded the lithe angularity of “Sunday Morning” but punished the violent muddle of “Storm.”

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In songs that flaunt the complexity and dissonance of prog-rock and the bitter angularity of post-punk — while stirring in ideas from jazz, classical music, funk, salsa and flamenco — loathsome characters do odious things.

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