Hawkwise

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In the manner of a hawk. not-comparable

    "[…] unthinking whether some grim fate were poised hawkwise above the level champaign of his life, or some dark storm of sorrow brewing on its calm horizon."

Example

More examples

"[…] unthinking whether some grim fate were poised hawkwise above the level champaign of his life, or some dark storm of sorrow brewing on its calm horizon."

Etymology

From hawk + -wise.

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