boxier; boxiest
: resembling a box
boxiness noun

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Its boxy fit and hip-skimming length call to mind the actress’s style, while its fall-ready texture adds a trendy twist to basic outerwear. Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025 The dress included such details as a structured, boxy white top with short sleeves to the elbows. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025 The fountain, which resembles a tumbling mess of boxy concrete tubes, some nearly forty feet high, has long been controversial. News Desk, Artforum, 16 Oct. 2025 The boxy Rover parked outside Lowestoft station is particularly evocative for a British child of the eighties and nineties. Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for boxy

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of boxy was in 1834

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“Boxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxy. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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