Definition of Hawkishly

1. Adverb. In a hawkish manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hawkishly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawkishly

hawkbits
hawked
hawker
hawkers
hawkey
hawkeyed
hawkeyes
hawkeys
hawkfish
hawkfishes
hawkie
hawkies
hawking
hawkings
hawkish
hawkishly (current term)
hawkishness
hawkishnesses
hawkit
hawklike
hawkmoth
hawkmoths
hawknose
hawknoses
hawks
hawksbill
hawksbill turtle
hawksbill turtles
hawksbills
hawkshaw

Literary usage of Hawkishly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Acadian Proscript: A Historical Drama in Five Acts by Walter S. Kerr (1907)
"... hawkishly. GtX. W. (Agitated) FR. L. New ship have come ? Sloops from Bos—er! Ah, yes! you know my ships are not enough for my soldiers here. ..."

2. Saving the Tsars' Palaces by Christopher Morgan, Irina Orlova (2005)
"Perhaps it was not so hawkishly watched over by the Inspectorate because the palace had only been built by the Grand Duke Michael ..."

3. Kingdoms of Ahn Daowen: Storms of Espyrea by E. P. Harlow (2007)
"Rubbing her eyes, she shook her head and quietly sighed. "Visited by the gods on a regular basis, are you?" the wizard teased, and he hawkishly watched ..."

4. Global Governance and the United Nations System by Volker Rittberger (2001)
"... and remains, the promotion of economic liberalism, it is quite clear that there is now an understanding in even the most hawkishly liberal corridors of ..."

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