Reedy
['riːdɪ] or ['ridi]
Definition
(adj.) resembling a reed in being upright and slender .
(adj.) having a tone of a reed instrument .
Checker: Marge--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds.
(a.) Having the quality of reed in tone, that is, ///// and thin^ as some voices.
Typist: Malcolm
Examples
- Meanwhile her voice sounded out reedy and nonchalant, as she talked indifferently with Birkin and with Maxim. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The light at the top was suddenly whisked out, and from the darkness came a reedy, quivering voice. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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