fluty

[ floo-tee ]

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 fluty

First recorded in 1815–25; flute + -y¹

The sweet, clear, fluty voice came upon him like an omen, and then the girl stepped to his side where he sat.
Forging the Blades | Bertram Mitford
"I waited and waited for you," she went on, her tones suddenly resuming their old fluty pathos.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas Hardy
Eustacia's voice had sounded somewhat more juvenile and fluty than Charley's.
Return of the Native | Thomas Hardy
It has a mild, fluty quality, very sweet, but in a subdued key.
Riverby | John Burroughs
In addition to his marquisate, he had a fluty tenorino voice; what they call a voix de salon.
A Transient Guest | Edgar Saltus

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