Hatchety

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a hatchet.

    "She'd been looking at him throughout his speech, at the lank height of him, the long-fingered, bony hands, the long head, rather hatchety, the deep-set gray eyes."

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"She'd been looking at him throughout his speech, at the lank height of him, the long-fingered, bony hands, the long head, rather hatchety, the deep-set gray eyes."

Etymology

From hatchet + -y.

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