Reedy

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  • adjective. Full of reeds.
  • adjective. Made of reeds.
  • adjective. Resembling a reed, especially in being thin or fragile.
  • adjective. Having a tone like that of a reed instrument.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Abounding with reeds.
  • Consisting of or resembling a reed.
  • Noting a tone like that produced from a reed-instrument. Such tones are usually somewhat nasal, and are often thin and cutting.
  • Noting a quality of iron in which bars or plates of it have the nature of masses of rods imperfectly welded together.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds.
  • adjective. Having the quality of a reed in tone, that is, harsh and thin, as some voices.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Full of, or edged with, reeds.
  • adjective. high and thin in tone.
  • adjective. tall and thin.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. resembling a reed in being upright and slender
  • adjective. having a tone of a reed instrument
  • Word Usage
    "I was winding down what I wanted to say and I looked out over the group and even though they were smiling and nodding and immensely gracious, it struck me just how very reedy is my voice."
    cross-reference
    coarse  reedlike  
    Equivalent
    lean  noisy  thin  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Edi  Leidy  Midi  beady  beedie  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    variant
    reedier  reediest