owliness noun2 •The condition of being an owl or having owllike characteristics.Like Monty had told us, I thought about the "qualities" of owliness. My wise nature. Where my home might be. What I would have for supper. Mouse, I fancied. — 2011 •The state of being in an ill temper; crankiness.The teams obviously studied at the Hatfield-McCoy school of diplomacy and graduating at the top of his class in owliness was Eston playing-coach Don Sasser. — 1979