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arrowy

[ ar-oh-ee ]

adjective

  1. resembling or suggesting an arrow, as in slimness or swiftness.
  2. consisting of arrows.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of arrowy1

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

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Example Sentences

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

The keen eyes shot their arrowy glance, which went at once to the heart of the matter.

Scarlett quite agreed to this, and there they stood gazing up at the arrowy beams of sunshine which shot down through the leaves.

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.

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