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as in slender
having a noticeably small amount of body fat such that the bones are prominent in appearance
Her angular face emphasized her high cheekbones and strong jawline.
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as in jagged
having one or more angles
In the fading light, the rooftops formed angular silhouettes against the sky.
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Recent Examples of angular
The sporty two-door features an angular design inspired by the Pony Coupe concept from the early 1970s.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 July 2025
The look included angular elements with latticework on the body of the formfitting dress.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
Most medical memoirs don’t make much of place—a hospital is a hospital is a hospital—but Huyler’s was set in the Southwest, with prose as angular and unadorned as the landscape outside my window.
—Danielle Ofri, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
After years of languishing in the second tier of luxury automakers, the company was revamping itself with a fresh, angular look revealed for the first time on the Evoq concept car at the 1999 Detroit Auto Show.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 15 July 2025
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 July 2025
The look included angular elements with latticework on the body of the formfitting dress.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
Most medical memoirs don’t make much of place—a hospital is a hospital is a hospital—but Huyler’s was set in the Southwest, with prose as angular and unadorned as the landscape outside my window.
—Danielle Ofri, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
After years of languishing in the second tier of luxury automakers, the company was revamping itself with a fresh, angular look revealed for the first time on the Evoq concept car at the 1999 Detroit Auto Show.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angular
Adjective
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Anya Taylor-Joy, imperiously slender and with devouring eyes, has a porcelain haughtiness that doesn’t quite work as Emma Woodhouse — at least not for me.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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Those garments included curvaceous jackets with jodhpurs and slender gowns cut from both light-absorbing velvet and light reflecting satin. At Chanel, meanwhile, the dark hue was used for military suits in nubby tweeds.—
Ari Stark,
Footwear News,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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The vastness of the canyon, with its jagged edges and rushing rivers.—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
16 July 2025
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Major stock indexes continued their jagged descent downward in morning trading Tuesday after tumbling Monday.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Lift your hips off the ground and place a block underneath your sacrum, the widest, boniest part of your pelvis.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
16 Oct. 2024
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Differences in Adult Bones That being said, some adults are bonier than others.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
3 Nov. 2023
Adjective
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Over time, whites grew increasingly uneasy about submitting to Black barbers wielding sharp instruments.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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The find came during an impressive outing for the 36-year-old Democrat on Joe Rogan’s podcast in which the aspiring preacher espoused the same brand of sharp sound bytes that has earned him almost a million TikTok followers.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 July 2025
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Cover it with a thin layer of topsoil or compost to cover the seeds.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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The market is thin in run-producing bats, and O'Hearn not only fills that need but is versatile enough to play the corner outfield spots as well.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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Prioritize whole, unprocessed foods, particularly fruits and veggies, lean proteins, and whole grains.—
Beth Ann Mayer,
Parents,
18 July 2025
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Much of what is imported is lean beef trimmings that meatpackers mix with fattier beef produced in the U.S. to produce the varieties of ground beef that domestic consumers want.—
Josh Funk,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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“Angular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angular. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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