arrowy

English

Etymology

From arrow +‎ -y.

Adjective

arrowy (comparative more arrowy, superlative most arrowy)

  1. Consisting of arrows.
  2. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; for example swift or slender or straight
    • 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein:
      I saw him in his boat, which shot across the waters with an arrowy swiftness and was soon lost amidst the waves.

Quotations
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References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for arrowy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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