: resembling or suggesting an owl
owlishly
adverb
owlishness
noun
Examples of owlish in a Sentence
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Childres, who has a slight and somewhat owlish figure, and the squint of a medieval illuminator, had recently completed a Ph.D. in physics at Purdue University.
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Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
An owlish owner who happens to know what’s in that teetering tower by the door.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
Allawi, a 73-year-old former banker and Oxford don with an air of owlish gravitas, started off with the usual bureaucratic niceties: a gracious thank-you to the prime minister, an assurance that the country’s finances were in relatively decent shape.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2022
The man in the white leisure suit and owlish glasses appeared at my desk, seeking a newspaper article about his religious group.
—Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
In the painting, enormous, swooping silhouettes of owlish birds, one green and the other blue, each with wings spread wide, are creatures that display both menace and freedom.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
And Owen Teague, as James, makes his owlish quietude felt.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Mar. 2022
Soni is forty-three, with dark hair and owlish glasses, and an air of intense curiosity.
—Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
Eugene Levy portrayed Johnny with an owlish deadpan, and Catherine O’Hara, his frequent collaborator on the Canadian sketch circuit, granted Moira a loopy flair, an unplaceable accent, and a gonzo lexicon.
—Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2020
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Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
An owlish owner who happens to know what’s in that teetering tower by the door.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
Allawi, a 73-year-old former banker and Oxford don with an air of owlish gravitas, started off with the usual bureaucratic niceties: a gracious thank-you to the prime minister, an assurance that the country’s finances were in relatively decent shape.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2022
The man in the white leisure suit and owlish glasses appeared at my desk, seeking a newspaper article about his religious group.
—Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
In the painting, enormous, swooping silhouettes of owlish birds, one green and the other blue, each with wings spread wide, are creatures that display both menace and freedom.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
And Owen Teague, as James, makes his owlish quietude felt.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Mar. 2022
Soni is forty-three, with dark hair and owlish glasses, and an air of intense curiosity.
—Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
Eugene Levy portrayed Johnny with an owlish deadpan, and Catherine O’Hara, his frequent collaborator on the Canadian sketch circuit, granted Moira a loopy flair, an unplaceable accent, and a gonzo lexicon.
—Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2020
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“Owlish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/owlish. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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owlish
adjective
owl·ish
ˈau̇-lish 
: resembling or suggesting an owl
owlishly
adverb
owlishness
noun
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