hatchety

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adjective

Resembling a hatchet.

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Meanings

adjectivehatchety (comparative more hatchety, superlative most 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

Origin

From hatchet + -y.

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APA

hatchety. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatchety

MLA

“hatchety.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatchety. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hatchety,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatchety.

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