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arrowy

American  
[ar-oh-ee] / ˈær oʊ i /

adjective

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

  2. consisting of arrows.


Etymology

Origin of arrowy

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


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With a no-nonsense, arrowy skating style, Eldredge is intensely competitive, drilling hard all the time.

From Time Magazine Archive

In qualifying rounds there were never such long, arrowy liners from the tee.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had grovelled like a blind grub in the dust and darkness—now he was soaring in arrowy gleams upon wings of light.

From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Bertram Mitford

A White Horse, like a foaming wave, Dashed forward 'mong the foremost brave, And swift as is the silver light, He arrowy clear'd his way, And cut the mass as clouds a ray.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various

Only the arrowy silver of the Fretta's bow-waves showed that the element through which they fled was water and not air.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives

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