reedier; reediest
1
: abounding in or covered with reeds
3
: having the tone quality of a reed instrument
Examples of reedy in a Sentence
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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.
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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
The reedy warble of his voice is a reminder of why he’s been an icon since teenhood.
—Pitchfork, 13 Dec. 2023
The sound was reedy and sparse, like somebody scraping a penny across a hair comb.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
Indeed, the gift will not raise lake levels: That water was already flowing to it, partly through the reedy shallows of Farmington Bay, a birding and duck-hunting hot spot.
—Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 25 June 2023
Looking out the window of the carriage, I was enthralled by the scenes flashing by: a young couple embracing on an otherwise deserted platform, an old man standing by a rusty wagon with a missing wheel, two girls wading into a reedy pond.
—Marcela Carena, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021
The state has bused thousands of migrants to East Coast cities like New York and lined the reedy banks of the Rio Grande with concertina wire.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 9 May 2023
Linney’s got an assertive alto, while Hecht’s timbre is reedier and more winding, a viola and oboe.
—Vulture, 25 Apr. 2023
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
The reedy warble of his voice is a reminder of why he’s been an icon since teenhood.
—Pitchfork, 13 Dec. 2023
The sound was reedy and sparse, like somebody scraping a penny across a hair comb.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
Indeed, the gift will not raise lake levels: That water was already flowing to it, partly through the reedy shallows of Farmington Bay, a birding and duck-hunting hot spot.
—Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 25 June 2023
Looking out the window of the carriage, I was enthralled by the scenes flashing by: a young couple embracing on an otherwise deserted platform, an old man standing by a rusty wagon with a missing wheel, two girls wading into a reedy pond.
—Marcela Carena, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021
The state has bused thousands of migrants to East Coast cities like New York and lined the reedy banks of the Rio Grande with concertina wire.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 9 May 2023
Linney’s got an assertive alto, while Hecht’s timbre is reedier and more winding, a viola and oboe.
—Vulture, 25 Apr. 2023
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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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