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Owlish

//ˈaʊlɪʃ// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of an owl.

    "1914, Theodore Dreiser, The Titan, Chapter 26, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/fr100299.txt "You're very right," he said, with owlish smugness, adjusting a waistcoat button that had come loose, and smoothing his cuffs."

  2. 2
    Wise and solemn.

    "[…] their large black eyes scanned the drawings with the owlish look of wisdom peculiar to connoisseurs."

  3. 3
    Stupid; dull-looking.
Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance wordnet

Etymology

From owl + -ish.

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