arrowy

English

Etymology

From arrow +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹoʊi/

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• arrowily

 

Anagrams

• Yarrow, yarrow