Definitions
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- adverb In an
owlish manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an owlish manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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He blinks owlishly and strokes the beard that I suspect he cultivates to make him appear wise beyond his years.
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There another associate pointed out, a trifle owlishly, the explanation: “Seven percent.”
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I blinked owlishly, my body stiffening as I retreated into myself.
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I'm blinking owlishly at the cocktail menu - "Um, what's in that?"
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There another associate pointed out, a trifle owlishly, the explanation: “Seven percent.”
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The nutjobs did the screaming about ‘witchcraft’ in this day and age (little different than the Taliban in principle), and the secular politicians just looked owlishly at them and it (being the kookiest stuff) went ignored.
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He blinks owlishly and strokes the beard that I suspect he cultivates to make him appear wise beyond his years.
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I blinked owlishly, my body stiffening as I retreated into myself.
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But like Harry, 17-year-old Gomes is bespectacled, owlishly serious, an unlikely warrior thrust into a battle much bigger than him.
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But like Harry, 17-year-old Gomes is bespectacled, owlishly serious, an unlikely warrior thrust into a battle much bigger than him.
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