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Definition of reedy
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Final plans are being ironed out for a trio of Hilton-brand hotels on the upper end of the Buena Vista Lagoon, a reedy freshwater pond at the Oceanside-Carlsbad border that’s been the focus of a long-running restoration debate.
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Her achingly vulnerable songs – sung in a plaintive, slightly reedy voice that Knitel channels – tell a story of love and loss that mirrors King’s own.
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There, just before getting a molar pulled, Baudier came across a series of photos of reedy men with fishing rods and nets, lolling in boats and along the banks of lagoons.
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And his sing-songy voice, with its reedy tremolo, has a tendency to crack from time to time.
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All around the house the lawns are manicured, but high, reedy grasses surround the gray Victorian, and the wood on one side of the porch has started to rot.
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First Known Use of reedy
14th century
REEDY Defined for English Language Learners
reedy
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adjective
Definition of reedy for English Language Learners
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: full of or covered with reeds
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: having a weak, high-pitched sound
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: long and thin
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