Translations for „owlish“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

owlish [ˈaʊlɪʃ] ADJ

owlish

сови́ный

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English

His owlish features, black frames and gray buzz cut have become the public face of small disaster.

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But with his squad starting to click, the manager seems not so much to be standing there passively, as looming with that old familiar intent: owlish, rigorous and cunning.

www.independent.ie

I can remember watching his segments as a child, this owlish rhetorical warrior who somehow seemed old and wise even while still clinging to middle age.

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A small microphone inside the drummer's high hat produced owlish hooting or wailing feedback at the press of a pedal.

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Her companion, an owlish-looking man in spectacles, pauses.

www.telegraph.co.uk

It also has a faintly owlish look and the eyes seem almost human.

news.nationalpost.com

Little wonder, then, that they have become stuck in stereotypes: that of dust-clouds, bookworms, and owlish librarians hissing ssshhhhh!

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This side of his art is not grotesque, not horrible, but it is owlish and creepy.

www.spectator.co.uk