rectilinear

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And they were arranged along streets that meandered a bit but were fairly conventional in their rectilinear layout.

From Washington Post

Eschewing rectilinear edges, de Kooning commissioned custom windows with acute angles.

From New York Times

Painting as a rectilinear portal on the world, it seemed at the time, belonged to an age of mere illusionism.

From Washington Post

Rather than doing the kind of sporty swing dance one might typically associate with boogie-woogie, however, Verbeek performed a more rectilinear box-step, instructing her partner to pivot right while she swiveled left.

From New York Times

The quarry was deep and steep-sided with three strictly rectilinear faces: They looked like the towering sides of buildings, as though the mountain had already contained inside itself the idea of a city.

From New York Times