Hawky

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a hawk.

    "He was a tall man with very powerful-looking shoulders, but his flesh seemed to sag thinly over his big frame; his face was thin, too, over a hawky nose and receding chin and gray hair."

Synonyms

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hawklikehawklike

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"He was a tall man with very powerful-looking shoulders, but his flesh seemed to sag thinly over his big frame; his face was thin, too, over a hawky nose and receding chin and gray hair."

Etymology

From hawk + -y.

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