adj. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Consisting of arrows.
adj. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Resembling an arrow or arrows, as in shape or in rapidity and directness of motion.
Word Usage
"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."