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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.

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

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Joy and prosperity succeeded the arrowy storm of war.

From An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem by Hosmer, William H. C. (William Howe Cuyler)

Before I could respond, he signed his warriors to push off, and the canoe shot away at arrowy speed.

From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Bennet, Robert Ames

How the sharp arrowy shower beneath the sun goes hissing dark.

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George

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