fluty

American  

[floo-tee] / ˈflu ti /

Or flutey

adjective

flutier, flutiest

1. having the tone and rather high pitch variation of a flute.

   a person of fastidious manner and fluty voice.

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Etymology

Origin of fluty

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

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Example Sentences

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fluty flutiest

Plenty of people have caught Gielgud’s distinctively fluty voice and patrician air, but Gatiss was the emotional anchor of a play that connected with audiences who may have had no idea who Gielgud even was.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

“This silvery, fluty, bell-like sonority that seemed to be everywhere and nowhere at once.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2020

Its song is deep and fluty in tone, and very measured in pace and rhythm.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2020

That’s probably what attracted him — ” “Nonsense,” said Megalyn Echikunwoke, who was playing Rose with a fluty British accent.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2012

I have rarely come across the soft fluty tone in the country.

From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by John Spencer Curwen

"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 Edward L. Chase

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