Hawky

Origin

hawk + -y

Full definition of hawky

Adjective

1. Resembling or characteristic of a hawk.
• 1953, Mignon Good Eberhart, The unknown quantityHe 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.
• 1963, D'Arcy Niland, The shiraleeHe had a hawky face with a high colour and eyes like slits of blue crystal, set in a web of fine lines. They were hard but not unkind.

Synonyms

• hawklike