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owlishly

owlishly adverb: in an owlish manner, especially with regard to looking.

Adverb

owlishly (comparative more owlishly, superlative most owlishly)

  1. In an owlish manner, especially with regard to looking.
    • To the muzzy drumming of beer in his veins he gazed long and owlishly at the sombre cottage[.]1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 112
    • He gazed owlishly down at his confederates and they gazed owlishly back at him.1941, Vardis Fisher, City of Illusion

Forms of owlishly

comparativemore owlishly
superlativemost owlishly

Origin of owlishly

From owlish + -ly.

Questions about owlishly

What does owlishly mean?
Owlishly means in an owlish manner, especially with regard to looking.
What part of speech is owlishly?
Owlishly is an adverb.

Words near owlishly in the dictionary

  1. owliest
  2. owliness
  3. owling
  4. owlings
  5. owlish
  6. owlishly
  7. owlishness
  8. owlism
  9. owlless
  10. owllike
  11. owls

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