owlishly
English
Etymology
owlish + -ly
Adverb
owlishly (comparative more owlishly, superlative most owlishly)
- In an owlish manner, especially with regard to looking.
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 112:
- To the muzzy drumming of beer in his veins he gazed long and owlishly at the sombre cottage[.]
- 1941, Vardis Fisher, City of Illusion:
- He gazed owlishly down at his confederates and they gazed owlishly back at him.
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Anagrams
- silly-how