Arrowy
resembling or suggesting an , as in slimness or swiftness.
consisting of .
Historical Examples
There was a shuffling among the navvies toward the arrowy lad who confronted them.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock T. S. Stribling
Now came the arrowy flight and form of the hurricane itself.
Graham’s Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 Various
From the moment Joan gave the name of Daddy Dan, the wolf-dog kept to the trail with arrowy straightness.
The Seventh Man Max Brand
It came off straight and tense and arrowy, cheered to the last stroke.
An American Girl in London Sara Jeannette Duncan
He painted with arrowy speed, more especially in his later years.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 Various
By God’s truth I’ve seen The arrowy sunlight in her golden snares.
Canzoni & Ripostes Ezra Pound
And waxing wroth, he rushed towards Partha, and discharged at him an arrowy shower like a heavy down-pour by the cloud.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 4 Kisari Mohan Ganguli
He was full of bright speech and argument; radiant with arrowy vitalities, vivacities and ingenuities.
The Life of John Sterling Thomas Carlyle
These dashing slavers, with their arrowy hulls and raking masts, got complete possession of my fancy.
Captain Canot Brantz Mayer
If they slept upon the waves, they must have overtaken us with arrowy swiftness at the break of day.
The Pearl of India Maturin M. Ballou
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