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an·gu·lar
(ăng′gyə-lər)adj.
1. Having, forming, or consisting of an angle or angles.
2. Measured by an angle or by degrees of an arc.
3. Bony and lean; gaunt: an angular face.
4. Lacking grace or smoothness; awkward: an angular gait.
5. Rigid, stiff, and unyielding in character or disposition: "the cold, angular brand of materialism" (David K. Willis).
[Latin angulāris, from angulus, angle.]
an′gu·lar·ly adv.
an′gu·lar·ness n.
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angular
(ˈæŋɡjʊlə)adj
1. lean or bony
2. awkward or stiff in manner or movement
3. (Mathematics) having an angle or angles
4. placed at an angle
5. (Mathematics) measured by an angle or by the rate at which an angle changes
[C15: from Latin angulāris, from angulus angle1]
ˈangularly adv
ˈangularness n
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an•gu•lar
(ˈæŋ gyə lər)adj.
1. having an angle or angles.
2. consisting of, situated at, or forming an angle.
3. pertaining to or measured by an angle.
4. bony, lean, or gaunt: a tall, angular man.
5. acting or moving awkwardly; stiff.
an′gu•lar•ly, adv.
an′gu•lar•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | angular - measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle; "angular momentum" |
2. | ![]() pointed - having a point square - having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner" rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" |
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angular
adjective skinny, spare, lean, gaunt, bony, lanky, scrawny, lank, rangy, rawboned, macilent (rare) He had an angular face with prominent cheekbones.
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angular
adjectiveThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
زاوِيّ، ذُو زَوايانَحيل، ضَامِر، بارِز العِظَام
hranatýkostnatý
kantetkejtetskarpvinklet
beinaberhyrndur
kemikliköşeli
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
angular
[ˈæŋgjʊlər] adj [object, furniture] → anguleux/euse; [lines, shape] → anguleux/euse; [face, features] → anguleux/euseCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
angular
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
angle1
(ˈӕŋgl) noun1. the (amount of) space between two straight lines or surfaces that meet. an angle of 90.
2. a point of view. from a journalist's angle.
3. a corner.
angular (ˈӕŋgjulə) adjective1. having (sharp) angles. an angular building.
2. (of a person) thin and bony. She is tall and angular.
angularity (-ˈlӕ-) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.