reedy

reed·y  (rd)

adj. reed·i·er, reed·i·est

1. Full of reeds.

2. Made of reeds.

3. Resembling a reed, especially in being thin or fragile: "reedy businessmen in severe three-piece business suits" (Jimmy Breslin).

4. Music Having a tone like that of a reed instrument.

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reedi·ness n.

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reedy [ˈriːdɪ]

adj reedier, reediest

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) (of a place, esp a marsh) abounding in reeds

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) of or like a reed

3. having a tone like a reed instrument; shrill or piping a reedy voice

reedily  adv

reediness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	reedy - having a tone of a reed instrument wheezy noisy - full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog"
	2.	reedy - resembling a reed in being upright and slender reedlike lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

Translations

reedy [ˈriːdɪ] ADJ (reedier (compar) (reediest (superl)))

1. [place] → lleno de cañas, cubierto de juncos

2. [voice, tone, instrument] → aflautado

reedy [ˈriːdi] adj [voice, instrument] → ténu(e)

reedy

adj (+er) → schilfig; sound → näselnd; music → schnarrend; voice → durchdringend; reedy instrument → Rohrblattinstrument nt

reedy [ˈriːdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (voice, instrument) → acuto/a

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reedy [ˈriːdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (voice, instrument) → acuto/a