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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Seeing better in darkness than light; day-blind or photosensitive..
[…] And he doesn't do no riding after dark near Dishpan Flats. Them poor misguided sodbusters ain't much account in most ways, but they're owly-eyed at night."
Gabe looked owly-eyed at the fellow and then prissed his mouth.
Paul was owly-eyed by then, and he tried to hide it by saying, "Must've lost m' balance," but we noticed that when he clapped a fresh holt on, he was using both his graspers.
Use owly-eyed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Owly-eyed means Seeing better in darkness than light; day-blind or photosensitive..
Common synonyms include moon-eyed, saucer-eyed, wide-eyed, paralytic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] And he doesn't do no riding after dark near Dishpan Flats. Them poor misguided sodbusters ain't much account in most ways, but they're owly-eyed at night."
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