angularity
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7.5
- noun
- /ˌæŋɡjʊˈlærɪti/
:
angularidad
- The artist focused on the angularity of the sculpture to convey a sense of strength.
Examples
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Her hair was cut close to the skull, which had the familiar angularity that the doctor, from the sculptural point of view, found rather beautiful.
Fiction book (1993) -
In all their angularity, they reminded him of how frail the human body is against all that is sharp and hard.
Fiction book (1997) -
The child must avoid the sun; powder and rouge would soften her face's angularity.
Fiction book (1993) -
Now the child was gone, his softness resculpted into muscle, his face narrowed to a sharp new angularity.
Fiction book (1999) -
When I knew him years later, I was a child, and his face had aged a great deal; the hairline receded further, and the angularity eroded over the years.
Fiction book (2001) -
"The League was evidently concerned to emphasize that side of Thoreau's career which presents a certain moral angularity to the average man and causes him to dub its exponent a faddist or crank.
Academic text (1999) -
The platform towered above us, skeletal, gigantic, and imposing; a mélange of brightness and shadow, all mechanical angularity.
Fiction book (2001) -
Drapery folds, though greatly simplified and heavily outlined, do indicate the figures' knees with a schematic loop, and the general angularity is relieved by the curving lines below Michael's knees.
Academic text (1991) -
The angularity of the building's design made it stand out against the flat landscape.
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Her delicate features were highlighted by the angularity of her jawline.
Synonyms
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4.4
A shape with sharp corners and straight sides
Antonyms
How Angular
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Angularity comes from an old Latin word angulus meaning 'corner' or 'angle', and you can see the same root in angle and triangle. So angularity is the quality of having corners or sharp angles, which is why we use it for buildings, faces, or sculptures.