Meanings
- uncountableThe condition of being an owl or having owllike characteristics.
Like Monty had told us, I thought about the "qualities" of owliness. My wise nature. Where my home might be. What I would have for supper. Mouse, I fancied.
2011, Louise Rennison, Withering Tights, HarperTeen, →ISBN, page 217Synonyms: owlishness
- uncountableThe state of being in an ill temper; crankiness.
The teams obviously studied at the Hatfield-McCoy school of diplomacy and graduating at the top of his class in owliness was Eston playing-coach Don Sasser.
1979 August 10, Ian Dutton, “Weather was cool, but teams' tempers weren't”, in The Leader-PostSynonyms: crabbiness, crankiness, grumpiness, orneriness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe condition of being an owl or having owllike characteristics.
nounThe state of being in an ill temper; crankiness.
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