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hatchety

hatchety adjective: resembling a hatchet.

Adjective

hatchety (comparative more hatchety, superlative most hatchety)

  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.1921, Bertha Runkle, The Island, page 27

Forms of hatchety

comparativemore hatchety
superlativemost hatchety

Origin of hatchety

From hatchet + -y.

Questions about hatchety

What does hatchety mean?
Hatchety means resembling a hatchet.
What part of speech is hatchety?
Hatchety is an adjective.

Words near hatchety in the dictionary

  1. hatchetted
  2. hatchettine
  3. hatchetting
  4. hatchettite
  5. Hatchetts
  6. hatchety
  7. hatchie
  8. hatchies
  9. hatching
  10. hatching out
  11. hatching up

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