flutey
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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I knew that Ben Wishart's camp, flutey and painfully self-conscious Richard put me in mind of someone, but I'm happy I didn't realise it was Michael Jackson until afterward.
From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2012
Here, Asa assumes the folk-funk stylings of Linda Lewis, borrows the flutey mellotrons from Strawberry Fields Forever, and weaves them into a production so breezy you might reasonably whisper "new Sade".
From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2011
By the end of the '20s, talkies had taken over; Fairbanks sounded flutey and looked older in them.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tone in all likelihood 58 will be pure and flutey, at least upon the higher notes.
From The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs by Howard, Francis E.
The sound of voices greeted her, as she descended the stairs, Mrs. West's asthmatic tones blending with the flutey treble of a young girl.
From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Smith, Harriet L.
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