ARROWY

Etymology

Adjective

arrowy (comparative more arrowy, superlative most arrowy)

Consisting of arrows.

Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; for example swift or slender or straight

Anagrams

• Yarrow, yarrow

Source: Wiktionary


Ar"row*y, a.

1. Consisting of arrows. How quick they wheeled, and flying, behind them shot Sharp sleet of arrowy showers. Milton.

2. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing. "His arrowy tongue." Cowper. By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone. Byron. With arrowy vitalities, vivacities, and ingenuities. Carlyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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