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reedy
/ ˈriːdɪ /
adjective
- (of a place, esp a marsh) abounding in reeds
- of or like a reed
- having a tone like a reed instrument; shrill or piping
a reedy voice
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Derived Forms
- ˈreedily, adverb
- ˈreediness, noun
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Other Words From
- reedi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
He heard the thin, reedy voice cry in his ear to "Block the entrances, block the entrances!"
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I sat here with my wife the last afternoon before I went to the front, he said in his reedy old mans voice.
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Thus the nest and its reedy pillars are firmly bound together.
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Wild-fowl breed on its reedy lochs, and moor-fowl dwell on its heather hills.
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She strained her eyes and thought she made out a vague bulk moving toward the reedy point she had just quitted.
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