owlish
[ou-lish]
- resembling or characteristic of an owl: His thick glasses give him an owlish appearance.
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Origin of owlish
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Contemporary Examples of owlish
Here we see the well-known face, a bearded mask housing a pair of glowing, owlish eyes, the hair and forehead flecked with blood.
In his haste to flee, he had dropped his owlish horn rims, his wallet, and false teeth.
Historical Examples of owlish
They looked at us with commiseration; one of them sweetly, the other with his owlish fixity.
RomanceJoseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
The owlish glasses focused with noncommittal stoicism in its direction.
Erik DornBen Hecht
They were all round and owlish, and they thickened up in middle life.
Old CrowAlice Brown
Some motive they have for all their clamor, but it passes my owlish wisdom to guess what it can be.
A Florida Sketch-BookBradford Torrey
She washed the baby in it, and he stared at her all the time, with big, owlish eyes.
Fairies and Folk of IrelandWilliam Henry Frost
owlish
- like an owl
- solemn and wise in appearance
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