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angularly, adv.|ˈæŋgjʊləlɪ|
[f. angular + -ly2.]
In an angular manner.
1. In or with angles; so as to form an angle.
1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. (T.), A labyrinthean face, now angularly, now circularly, every way aspected. a1691Boyle (J.), Another part of the same solution afforded us an ice angularly figured. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 162 A piece of Timber growing angularly, or crooked. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 467 A crystaline substance..angularly arranged. 1880Gunther Fishes 54 Angularly bent, so as to consist of a vertical and horizontal limb.
2. At (acute) angles, obliquely, diagonally, from corner to corner. Also fig.
1471Caxton Chesse 150 Goyng cornerly or angularly sygnefyeth cautele or subtilytye. 1650J. Weekes Truth's Confl. Pref. A ij b, Look not in an oblique manner or angularly upon the persons. 1808J. Webster Nat. Phil. 18 If the plates be placed angularly, or touch each other at one of the ends. 1830Lytton Paul Cliff. i. 2 A blanket, stretched angularly from the wall to the chimney.
3. Of personal appearance: see angular 3.
1846Poe Wks. (1864) III. 35 He is about five feet seven inches high..angularly proportioned. 1849Dickens Barn. Rudge xxxv. (C.D. ed.) 165 Gashford..was angularly made. |