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hawkiness

hawkiness noun: the state of resembling or being similar to a hawk; hawkishness.

Noun

hawkiness (uncountable)

  1. The state of resembling or being similar to a hawk; hawkishness.
    • 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.1981, Diana Wynne Jones, The Time of the Ghost, New York, N.Y.: Beech Tree, published 1997, →ISBN, page 123

Origin of hawkiness

From hawky + -ness.

Questions about hawkiness

What does hawkiness mean?
Hawkiness means the state of resembling or being similar to a hawk; hawkishness.
What part of speech is hawkiness?
Hawkiness is a noun.

Words near hawkiness in the dictionary

  1. Hawkhead
  2. Hawkhurst
  3. hawkie
  4. hawkies
  5. Hawkin
  6. hawkiness
  7. hawking
  8. Hawking energies
  9. Hawking energy
  10. Hawking Index
  11. Hawking radiation

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