arrowy Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ar"row*y adjective

Definitions

1. Consisting of arrows.

   How quick they wheeled, and flying, behind them shot Sharp sleet of arrowy showers. Milton.

2. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing. "His arrowy tongue." Cowper.

   By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone. Byron.

   With arrowy vitalities, vivacities, and ingenuities. Carlyle.