angularity

[ ang-gyuh-lar-i-tee ]

/ ˌæŋ gyəˈlær ɪ ti /

the quality of being angular.

angularities, sharp corners; angular outlines: the angularities of the coastline.

Origin of angularity

First recorded in 1635–45; angular + -ity

sub·an·gu·lar·i·ty, noun, plural sub·an·gu·lar·i·ties.

Rosie proved a comfort in spite of angularity of form and peculiarities of speech.

Six Girls and Bob |Marion Ames Taggart
Dancing was taught (I am speaking of samurai girls and not of geisha) only to smooth the angularity of their movements.

Bushido, the Soul of Japan |Inazo Nitob
He remembered the angularity of her hips, the too long line of her back.

Narcissus |Evelyn Scott
Much has been written about the unwed, middle-aged woman; her fussiness, her primness, her angularity of mind and body.

The Best Short Stories of 1917 |Various

The incongruous surroundings emphasized his every roughness, his every angularity.

A Man's Woman |Frank Norris

angularity

/ (ˌæŋɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ) /

the condition of being angular

an angular form or shape