reedier; reediest
1
: abounding in or covered with reeds
3
: having the tone quality of a reed instrument
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Park lakes and reedy little streams—anything not too polluted from the steel factories.
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Danielle Parker, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
But his voice is still warm and reedy—a deviated septum helps give it that slight nasal edge—and the notes land precisely, if not predictably.
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Then, there’s a creepy, reedy Charlie Plummer doing his best Caleb Landry Jones as Gary, #5, who goads other players into shedding down to their weakest points to eliminate them.
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Mount developed his characterization, with his reedy voice, suspicious eyes and slumped posture, on set.
—Lauren Coates, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
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Danielle Parker, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
But his voice is still warm and reedy—a deviated septum helps give it that slight nasal edge—and the notes land precisely, if not predictably.
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Then, there’s a creepy, reedy Charlie Plummer doing his best Caleb Landry Jones as Gary, #5, who goads other players into shedding down to their weakest points to eliminate them.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Mount developed his characterization, with his reedy voice, suspicious eyes and slumped posture, on set.
—Lauren Coates, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Reedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reedy. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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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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