boxier; boxiest
: resembling a box
boxiness noun

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The boxy top-handle tote became an instant icon, at a time when city-dwelling young women with high standards weren’t seeing bags that were versatile enough to fit a back-to-the-basics ’90s aesthetic. Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 12 Apr. 2025 The game is a near-infinite sandbox rendered in pixelated cubes, and your character (the default avatar is a blue-shirted man named Steve) begins their adventure armed only with their boxy hands. David Sims, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025 This has led to a growth in private development of new student housing with many older cottage style houses being demolished to make way for boxy duplexes. Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2025 The seating options, fluctuating between beige-brown and flashes of fire-engine red, are strictly functional: boxy armchairs clustered around low tables or standard four-tops by the hot breakfast buffet. Scott Campbell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 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 22 Apr. 2025.

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