Owly
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of an owl.
"In the picture Miss Elizabeth showed me the croc had little piggy eyes, not huge owly ones."
- 2 In a bad mood; cranky. Atlantic-Canada
"I had no right to be owly and disagreeable with Willie."
- 3 Seeing poorly.
"Perhaps nice isn't the best word for him, but he certainly was an unusually imposing and fluffy-haired and fierce-looking brute of a tarantula. He had rather an owly way about him, as if he had come out from his hole too early and was dazed and half-blinded by the light."
- 4 Silly. Atlantic-Canada
Example
More examples"In the picture Miss Elizabeth showed me the croc had little piggy eyes, not huge owly ones."
Etymology
From owl + -y.
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