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- adverb In an
owlish manner.
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- adverb in an owlish manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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He blinks owlishly and strokes the beard that I suspect he cultivates to make him appear wise beyond his years.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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There another associate pointed out, a trifle owlishly, the explanation: “Seven percent.”
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I blinked owlishly, my body stiffening as I retreated into myself.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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I'm blinking owlishly at the cocktail menu - "Um, what's in that?"
Drinking kires 2009
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There another associate pointed out, a trifle owlishly, the explanation: “Seven percent.”
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The nutjobs did the screaming about ‘witchcraft’ in this day and age (little different than the Taliban in principle), and the secular politicians just looked owlishly at them and it (being the kookiest stuff) went ignored.
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He blinks owlishly and strokes the beard that I suspect he cultivates to make him appear wise beyond his years.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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I blinked owlishly, my body stiffening as I retreated into myself.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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But like Harry, 17-year-old Gomes is bespectacled, owlishly serious, an unlikely warrior thrust into a battle much bigger than him.
Sandip Roy: Harry Potter is a DREAM Act Kid Sandip Roy 2010
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But like Harry, 17-year-old Gomes is bespectacled, owlishly serious, an unlikely warrior thrust into a battle much bigger than him.
Sandip Roy: Harry Potter is a DREAM Act Kid Sandip Roy 2010
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