English edit

Etymology edit

hatchet +‎ -y

Adjective edit

hatchety (comparative more hatchety, superlative most hatchety)

  1. Resembling a hatchet.
    • 1921, Bertha Runkle, The Island, page 27:
      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.