Arrowy
//ˈɛɹoʊi// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Consisting of arrows.
"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.
"I saw him in his boat, which shot across the waters with an arrowy swiftness, and was soon lost amidst the waves."
Example
More examples"Close cling their ladders to the walls; these, fain / to clutch the doorposts, climb from floor to floor, / their right hands strive the battlements to gain, / their left with lifted shield the arrowy storm sustain."
Etymology
From arrow + -y.
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