owlish
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- adjective
- /ˈaʊlɪʃ/
- With her large, owlish eyes peering over her round glasses, she always seemed wise beyond her years.
- owlish eyes
- owlish face
- owlish look
Examples
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I glanced at the two people sitting on the couch opposite: an owlish-looking young man in silver-rimmed glasses and a slim middle-aged woman.
Fiction book (1995) -
Still hoping that maybe she had misunderstood what was said, she stared at me with her owlish eyes, bewildered, as if looking for help.
Fiction book (1996) -
I have her owlish black eyes.
Fiction book (1995) -
The owlish father of a regulation family.
Fiction book (1993) -
Verid's owlish eyes looked neither right nor left, but directly faced him.
Fiction book (1998) -
Lucy's green eyes fixed on mine and looked owlish behind the thick lenses of her glasses.
Fiction book (1990) -
He wore thick-rimmed black glasses that gave him an owlish appearance.
Fiction book (1999) -
The kid was sitting with his chair tipped all the way back, a diffuse, bored, owlish glare on his face.
Fiction book (1997) -
His wan complexion and sharp features were enlivened by owlish eyes, full of warmth and intelligence, enlarged by thick glasses.
Fiction book (1992) -
On a snowy day in Princeton, N.J., in March 1956, a short, owlish-looking man named Kurt Gödel wrote his last letter to a dying friend.
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Synonyms
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Having large round eyes and watching everything quietly
Antonyms
How Solemn
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word owlish comes from owl and the ending -ish, which means 'like'. If someone has big round eyes and a calm, serious look, we might call them owlish because they seem thoughtful or 'wise'.