owlishly

English

Etymology

owlish +‎ -ly

Adverb

owlishly (comparative more owlishly, superlative most owlishly)

  1. In an owlish manner, especially with regard to looking.
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, 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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