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Reedy

//ˈɹiː.di// adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of, or edged with, reeds.
  2. 2
    High and thin in tone.

    ""I'd Be Lost Without You" seems somewhat out of place from a vocal viewpoint — Lewis's slightly reedy middle soprano is very expressive and absolutely true, but doesn't have enough dark body to fully deal with the torchy melody."

  3. 3
    Tall and thin.
  4. 4
    Imperfectly welded together in masses of rods.

    "reedy iron"

Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling a reed in being upright and slender wordnet
  2. 2
    having a tone of a reed instrument wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English reedy, reedi, reeddy, equivalent to reed + -y.

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