owly
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is out on Friday Speccy, greeny, beardy, owly, ginger and the fit one - all the gang are here.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2011
The result was, these old long-horns got owly, laid their heads together, and made a little medicine.
From Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories by Adams, Andy
Willyum listens to Billy plenty grave an' owly, but he don't make no observations on his luck or communicate no views to Billy except that he's hungry.
From Wolfville by Lewis, Alfred Henry
It looks purty owly off in the west.
From A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen by Garland, Hamlin
All matter hath a birth and death; tis made, unmade and made anew; We choose to call the Maker God: such is the Zâhids owly view.
From The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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