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
With owly eyes awhile it hums, Smiles wondrously and deep; For after good long feeding comes Its main hard work--to sleep.
From Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
I was a little owly about dinner, though, because soon afterward it would be train time.
From The Whistling Mother by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
You’re looking kind of owly, old man—what’s up?
From The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch by F. Graham Cootes
"Well, you provoked me, staring at me with those owly eyes of yours; but now I want to speak to you about Felix."
From We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses by Barbara Yechton
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