reedier; reediest
1
: abounding in or covered with reeds
3
: having the tone quality of a reed instrument
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Their voices sounded high and reedy, like that of preteen boys.
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Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
In early 2023, one such target was Arundo, or giant reed, a bamboo-like plant that’s native to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers but now grows dense, reedy walls along Arizona streams.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
Stanton’s arc includes cutting back to the prosecution of the Civil War and his relationship with Lincoln (Hamish Linklater, mostly unrecognizable while nailing the reedy voice), as on-air graphics grimly count down to the president’s fateful trip to Ford’s Theatre.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
Trees climb over each other above thick knots of reedy grass, consuming what used to be levees and culverts.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
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Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
In early 2023, one such target was Arundo, or giant reed, a bamboo-like plant that’s native to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers but now grows dense, reedy walls along Arizona streams.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
Stanton’s arc includes cutting back to the prosecution of the Civil War and his relationship with Lincoln (Hamish Linklater, mostly unrecognizable while nailing the reedy voice), as on-air graphics grimly count down to the president’s fateful trip to Ford’s Theatre.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
Trees climb over each other above thick knots of reedy grass, consuming what used to be levees and culverts.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
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reedy
adjective
reedier; reediest
1
: full of or covered with reeds
a reedy marsh
2
: made of or resembling reeds
especially
: long and slender like a reed
reedy arms
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