fluty

or flut·ey

[ floo-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, flut·i·er, flut·i·est.

having the tone and rather high pitch variation of a flute:
a person of fastidious manner and fluty voice.

Origin of fluty¹

First recorded in 1815–25; flute + -y ¹

The sweet, clear, fluty voice came upon him like an omen, and then the girl stepped to his side where he sat.

"I waited and waited for you," she went on, her tones suddenly resuming their old fluty pathos.

Eustacia's voice had sounded somewhat more juvenile and fluty than Charley's.

It has a mild, fluty quality, very sweet, but in a subdued key.

In addition to his marquisate, he had a fluty tenorino voice; what they call a voix de salon.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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