fluty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fluty
Example Sentences
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“This silvery, fluty, bell-like sonority that seemed to be everywhere and nowhere at once.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2020
“So you get that fluty kind of sound — but that’s just her nature.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2016
He was a quiet man, tall and slightly stooping, with the fluty and precisely modulated voice of an Anglican clergyman.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2012
Marchella had a fluty whisper of a voice.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2011
"Into what danger are you taking me now?" asked Miss Adair with a fluty, merry laugh.
From Blue-grass and Broadway by Daviess, Maria Thompson
"He does," came an answer from right at my shoulder in Pan's flutiest voice, and I turned to find him standing just behind me on the very edge of the old tilting rock.
From The Golden Bird by Chase, Edward L.
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