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reedlike

adjective

Definition of reedlikenext
as in skinny

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reedlike
  1. skinny
  2. hairlike
  3. slender
  4. thin
  5. narrow
  6. slim
  7. fine
  8. elongate
Adjective
  • The show’s composer, Stephen Schwartz, and director, Howard Sponseller, seemed utterly taken with this tall, skinny girl, whose name was Gilda Radner.
    — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The victim described a perpetrator who was 24 to 25 years old, skinny and clean-shaven, with a clear speaking voice.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of skinny
Adjective
  • The tiny dancers are hairlike cilia, and new research into these microscopic structures is revealing just how active corals are in determining their own fate.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
  • These plant pests stimulate the Mexican petunia foliage to grow hairlike portions that form the white patches.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of hairlike
Adjective
  • Masters, tall and slender, forded the frigid waist-deep water to wake up his father and convince the 63-year-old to evacuate.
    — Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The shoes paired with the Dolce & Gabbana dress featured a slender strap across the toes and curved straps around the top of the foot and ankle forming a diamond with concave sides.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of slender
Adjective
  • Over the coming weeks, Venus' crescent will grow ever thinner while its apparent size grows larger as the planet moves closer to Earth.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Little by little as the day went on, the ranks of us still in the running grew thinner.
    — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of thin
Adjective
  • The males feed under a narrow, white, waxy coating and mate with females in spring.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • That changed in 2013, when a small, dark body orbiting between Saturn and Uranus passed in front of a star and blinked twice on either side of the main event, revealing two narrow rings around an object barely 250 kilometers across.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of narrow
Adjective
  • Ireland’s slim but searching play presents an issue of deep discomfort and homes in on the subject of that larger communal response.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Related Stories Searches for slim flare—a style seen in men’s and women’s collections—have increased 73 percent from last year, while searches for stovepipe jeans, a high-rise straight jean, have increased 169 percent.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of slim
Adjective
  • Unlike a conventional inkjet printer, aerosol jet printing turns liquid ink into a fine mist.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The long grains, fine as hair, are pulled together, at intervals, jointed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of fine
Adjective
  • There is also a choice between a standard round bowl and an elongated version.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The shoes featured an ultra-elongated and sharp pointed toe that added a modern twist to the traditional pump silhouette.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 9 June 2026
Definition of elongate
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“Reedlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reedlike. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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