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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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Cities, under the arrowy path of its going, dropped behind like milestones�Wilmington, Baltimore, Washington; then colored country again, woods and fields, the brave and opulent lands of proud Virginia.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

They came suddenly to life and their backs pitched arrowy passes�to the U. S. C. 33, to the 26, to the 19.

From Time Magazine Archive

At each stroke of the oars the arrowy boat flies and skims the waters like a thing of life.

From Turkey Peeps at Many Lands by Millingen, Julius R. Van

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