Definition of "arrowy" []

• Consisting of arrows. (adjective)
• Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing. (adjective)

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• "I would have seized him; but he eluded me, and quitted the house with precipitation: in a few moments I saw him in his boat, which shot across the waters with an arrowy swiftness and was soon lost amidst the waves."
• "I would have seized him; but he eluded me, and quitted the house with precipitation: in a few moments I saw him in his boat, which shot across the waters with an arrowy swiftness, and was soon lost amidst the waves."
• "How many an arrowy glance those lids of thine have sped."