"owly-eyed" meaning in All languages combined

See owly-eyed on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-owly-eyed.ogg Forms: more owly-eyed [comparative], most owly-eyed [superlative]
Etymology: From owly + eyed. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|owly|eyed}} owly + eyed Head templates: {{en-adj}} owly-eyed (comparative more owly-eyed, superlative most owly-eyed)
  1. Seeing better in darkness than light; day-blind or photosensitive.
    Sense id: en-owly-eyed-en-adj-ulWpajJ5
  2. Wide-eyed, naturally or from an expression of fear, shock, surprise, or excitement. Categories (topical): Eye Synonyms (wide-eyed): moon-eyed, saucer-eyed, wide-eyed
    Sense id: en-owly-eyed-en-adj-rEUYfuTS Disambiguation of Eye: 8 91 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 67 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 68 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 72 1 Disambiguation of 'wide-eyed': 1 98 1
  3. (slang) Extremely drunk. Tags: slang Synonyms (extremely drunk): paralytic
    Sense id: en-owly-eyed-en-adj-Put3lohL Disambiguation of 'extremely drunk': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wasted, drunk, owly eied [obsolete]

Alternative forms

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