Hawkiness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of resembling or being similar to a hawk; hawkishness. uncountable

    "She was drab and depressed and seemed to be trying not to cry. But the depressed face had the right slight hawkiness about it, and there was no question that they knew one another well."

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"She was drab and depressed and seemed to be trying not to cry. But the depressed face had the right slight hawkiness about it, and there was no question that they knew one another well."

Etymology

From hawky + -ness.

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