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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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Ah, those lucent brains, Those bright imaginations, those keen souls, Arrowy toward each target where truth's gold Glimmered, or beauty's!

From Mr. Faust by Ficke, Arthur Davison

Your pages turn to water Under my fingers: cold, cold and gleaming, Arrowy in the darkness, rippling, dripping— All things are rain....

From American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany by Various

Arrowy showers terrible to look at coursed like flights of locusts.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

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