hawkwise

English

Etymology

From hawk +‎ -wise.

Adverb

hawkwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a hawk.
    • 1892, Maxwell Gray, The Last Sentence, page 12:
      […] unthinking whether some grim fate were poised hawkwise above the level champaign of his life, or some dark storm of sorrow brewing on its calm horizon.
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