owlishly

comparative more owlishly · superlative most owlishly

1. In an owlish manner, especially with regard to looking.

   He gazed owlishly down at his confederates and they gazed owlishly back at him.

   1941, Vardis Fisher, City of Illusion

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   To the muzzy drumming of beer in his veins he gazed long and owlishly at the sombre cottage[.]

   1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 112