owlishly

adv

owlishly

adv

Etymology From owlish + -ly.

1

In an owlish manner, especially with regard to looking.

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:
He gazed owlishly down at his confederates and they gazed owlishly back at him.1941, Vardis Fisher, City of Illusion:

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