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Owlish

adjective
1.
Resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance.





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"Owlish" Quotes from Famous Books



... you've General Gordon, Who girded his sword on, To serve with a Muscovite master, And help him to polish A nation so owlish, They thought shaving ...
— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. IV - With His Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore
... into Mr. Heard's field of vision. It had approached from round the entrance of the small bay and was already within a few yards ere he caught sight of it. He dived skilfully, and on returning to the surface beheld Mr. Keith smiling upon him, with owlish benevolence, through his spectacles. ...
— South Wind • Norman Douglas


Words linked to "Owlish" :   wise


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