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Definition of Owlish

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

Definition of Owlish

1. a. Resembling, or characteristic of, an owl.

Definition of Owlish

1. Adjective. resembling or characteristic of an owl ¹

2. Adjective. wise and solemn ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Owlish

1. resembling an owl [adj] : OWLISHLY [adv] - See also: owl

Lexicographical Neighbors of Owlish

Literary usage of Owlish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1877)
"There is not much of the owlish face in our Surnia. The facial disk, so prominent an owlish trait, is by no means marked. Still, for all his looks and ways, ..."

2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1850)
"The owlish man spies him from afar, and sets off after him in a loping trot, ... Then the owlish man resolves, in his grievous disappointment, ..."

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