arrowy

[ ar-oh-ee ]

adjective
  1. resembling or suggesting an arrow, as in slimness or swiftness.

  2. consisting of arrows.

Origin of arrowy

1
First recorded in 1630–40; arrow + -y1

Words Nearby arrowy

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How to use arrowy in a sentence

  • One waits at the bottom of a field, while his partner quarters the ground with the arrowy fleetness of a swallow.

    The Chequers | James Runciman
  • The keen eyes shot their arrowy glance, which went at once to the heart of the matter.

    The Minister's Wooing | Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Scarlett quite agreed to this, and there they stood gazing up at the arrowy beams of sunshine which shot down through the leaves.

    Crown and Sceptre | George Manville Fenn
  • I cannot reproach thee for thy torturing me thus by piercing me with thy arrowy words.

  • He seemed a swallow skimming close to the ground, or a shaft driven from his own bow, so graceful was his arrowy swiftness.

    Ned in the Block-House | Edward S. Ellis