owlish

Definition

Resembling or characteristic of an owl.

Etymology

From owl + -ish.

Example Sentences

• "1914, Theodore Dreiser, The Titan, Chapter 26, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/fr100299.txt "You're very right," he said, with owlish smugness, adjusting a waistcoat button that had come loose, and smoothing his cuffs."
• "He feebly wanted to get out of this, away from clucking nurses and Dr. Crittenham's owlish peering and the horrible scrambled eggs and cold toast."
• "This owl imitated Trumpkin’s voice rather well, and there were sounds of owlish laughter all round."