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Webster 1913 Edition
Owlish
Owl′ish
,Adj.
Resembling, or characteristic of, an owl.
Definition 2024
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English
Adjective
owlish (comparative more owlish, superlative most owlish)
- Resembling or characteristic of an owl.
- 1914, Theodore Dreiser, The Titan, Chapter 26,
- "You're very right," he said, with owlish smugness, adjusting a waistcoat button that had come loose, and smoothing his cuffs.
- 1951, Sinclair Lewis, World So Wide, Chapter 2,
- He feebly wanted to get out of this, away from clucking nurses and Dr. Crittenham's owlish peering and the horrible scrambled eggs and cold toast.
- 1953, C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair, Collins, 1998, Chapter 4,
- This owl imitated Trumpkin’s voice rather well, and there were sounds of owlish laughter all round.
- 1914, Theodore Dreiser, The Titan, Chapter 26,
- Wise and solemn. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought):
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resembling or characteristic of an owl
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