Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Seeing no better than an owl by day; purblind; blear-eyed.
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- adjective
Resembling orcharacteristic of anowl . - adjective In a
bad mood ;cranky . - adjective
Seeing poorly .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"owly" for the hand, and that Van Horn and Buller would do well if they pulled Burns through at all.
Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular 1912
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"You're looking kind of owly, old man -- what's up?
The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch Henry Wallace Phillips 1899
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Said "whomping up" certianly not needed for deer,. but on the off chance an owly sasquatch would show up,.
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Said "whomping up" certianly not needed for deer,. but on the off chance an owly sasquatch would show up,.
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Speccy, greeny, beardy, owly, ginger and the fit one - all the gang are here.
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Anna's inscrutability is as famous as her owly sunglasses and tawny bob.
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Anna\'s inscrutability is as famous as her owly sunglasses and tawny bob.
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Between the success of the surge and the election of Obama, a de facto compromise has developed in which the U.S. is withdrawing its troops, albeit slo-o-o-o-o-owly.
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Anna's inscrutability is as famous as her owly sunglasses and tawny bob.
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Anna's inscrutability is as famous as her owly sunglasses and tawny bob.
duckbill commented on the word owly
"Leave a twinkling eye to owlie sights"
April 19, 2011
bilby commented on the word owly
24 times a day.
April 19, 2011