owlishly

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owl·ish

(ou′lĭsh)

adj.

Resembling or characteristic of an owl.

owl′ish·ly adv.

owl′ish·ness n.

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Adv.

owlishly - in an owlish manner; "the gentle-looking barrister peered owlishly around him"

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Fyne only blinked owlishly at this piece of my insight.

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He blinked, owlishly. "Oh hello," he said, "I'm from First Leyton Scouts, collecting waste paper for Help the Aged ..." It cost me a tenner.

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Hugenon looked at her owlishly down his slightly crooked nose and winked.

Miracle in the rain, part 1

Staring owlishly at the screen through one focusing eye, I sat through the opening game.

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For example, the artists summarize Avant Garde, 1997/2002--a proposal to reproduce a 1964 photo of overheated mods and rockers mistreating deck chairs as a giant billboard on the Brighton seafront--as "an official commission which aestheticizes youthful rebellion" and "an example of recuperation, the process by which the social order is maintained." The term avant-garde, their proposal intones owlishly, "became widely used to describe anything fashionable...

Cornford & Cross. (Reviews: London)

"Portland just isn't a theatre town," people often say owlishly. In a sense they're right.

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