reedy

[ ree-dee ]

adjective

, reed·i·er, reed·i·est.

1. full of reeds:

   a reedy marsh.

2. consisting or made of a reed ree reed or reeds:

   a reedy pipe.

3. like a reed ree reed or reeds:

   reedy grass.

4. having a sound like that of a reed instrument.

reedy

/ ˈriːdɪ /

adjective

1. (of a place, esp a marsh) abounding in reeds
2. of or like a reed
3. having a tone like a reed instrument; shrill or piping

   a reedy voice

Derived Forms

• ˈreediness, noun
• ˈreedily, adverb

Other Words From

• reedi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of reedy¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; reed, -y ¹

Example Sentences

Teens are shooting baskets on a cracked court amid a reedy field that stretches to a patch of woods, and a 1¼-mile loop of purpose-built single track.

From Washington Post

He heard the thin, reedy voice cry in his ear to "Block the entrances, block the entrances!"

From Project Gutenberg

I sat here with my wife the last afternoon before I went to the front, he said in his reedy old mans voice.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus the nest and its reedy pillars are firmly bound together.

From Project Gutenberg

Wild-fowl breed on its reedy lochs, and moor-fowl dwell on its heather hills.

From Project Gutenberg

She strained her eyes and thought she made out a vague bulk moving toward the reedy point she had just quitted.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• delicate
• fragile
• gaunt
• lean
• meager
• narrow
• skinny
• slim
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