Owlish

Word OWLISH
Character 6
Hyphenation owl ish
Pronunciations /ˈaʊlɪʃ/

Definitions and meanings of "Owlish"

What do we mean by owlish?

Resembling or characteristic of an owl. adjective

Owllike; resembling an owl or some one of its features.

Having an appearance of preternatural gravity and wisdom.

Stupid; dull; fat-witted.

Resembling, or characteristic of, an owl. adjective

Resembling or characteristic of an owl adjective

Wise and solemn adjective

Resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance adjective

Resembling or characteristic of an owl.

Wise and solemn.

Stupid; dull-looking.

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The word "owlish" in example sentences

The American nodded with a kind of owlish solemnity. ❋ Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 (1984)

The Canadian-born, "owlish" architect loses his cool with a reporter from the British newspaper the ❋ Unknown (2009)

Michael Mohun: also a leading man but smaller and somewhat owlish. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

In flashbulbs they went owlish, lacquered in oil blue. ❋ Anis Shivani (2011)

A beefy fellow, a cardio man, with owlish glasses and the narrow pink face of the Boston Brahmin. ❋ Carol Edgarian (2011)

In comments I admitted I had a hummingbird spirit but was striving to learn owlish ways. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One moment, his eyes widened to owlish proportions; the next, his nearly invisible brows knit tightly together. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Alec Guinness was a more assertive presence, with a more mellifluous voice; his Smiley was also older, bordering on elderly, and quizzical bordering on owlish. ❋ Joe Morgenstern (2011)

His bald pate and owlish spectacles were familiar to viewers of news-panel shows such as NBC's "Meet the Press," where he set the record with 401 appearances. ❋ Stephen Miller (2011)

This affable, owlish man was the father of evolutionary game theory and exerted an extraordinary influence on my field. ❋ Martin A. Nowak (2011)

I suspect that I, too, am a hummingbird trying to learn owlish ways. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We must first deal with his successor, the owlish Ayman al-Zawahiri and perhaps the Taliban's Mullah Omar. ❋ Richard Klass (2011)

Bottom line: Outlines might be more suited to owlish writers, but they can be used effectively by hummingbirds like me, too. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Radcliffe may be a lantern-jawed 22-year-old leading man, and Watson a 21-year-old fashion maven, but the memory of those schoolkid personas – owlish and goody-two-shoes respectively – will stick around for ever. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Senate Minority Leader McConnell, 68, is owlish, phlegmatic, and gray, and often looks bothered, as though lunch isn't agreeing with him. ❋ Jennifer Rubin (2011)

Her owlish glasses were smudged, her clothes baggy and disheveled. ❋ Jessie Sholl (2011)

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