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English
Etymology
From arrow + -y.
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Adjective
arrowy (comparative more arrowy, superlative most arrowy)
- Consisting of arrows.
1761 (date written), Gray, “Ode VIII. The Fatal Sisters. From the Norse Tongue.”, in The Poems of Mr. Gray. , York, Yorkshire: A Ward; and sold by J Dodsley, ; and J 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.
- 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: 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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