arrowy

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English

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Etymology

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From arrow +‎ -y.

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arrowy (comparative more arrowy, superlative most arrowy)

  1. Consisting of arrows.
    • 1761 (date written), [Thomas] Gray, “Ode VIII. The Fatal Sisters. From the Norse Tongue.”, in The Poems of Mr. Gray. [], York, Yorkshire: [] A[nn] Ward; and sold by J[ames] Dodsley, []; and J[ohn] Todd, [], published 1775, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 44:
      Now the Storm begins to lovver, / (Haſte, the loom of Hell prepare,) / Iron-ſleet of arrovvy ſhovver / Hurtles in the darken'd air.
  2. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; for example, slender, straight, or swift.
    • 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter III, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. [], volume III, London: [] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 49:
      I saw him in his boat, which shot across the waters with an arrowy swiftness, and was soon lost amidst the waves.

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