reedy

[ ree-dee ]

/ ˈri di /

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adjective, reed·i·er, reed·i·est.

full of reeds: a reedy marsh.

consisting or made of a reed or reeds: a reedy pipe.

like a reed or reeds: reedy grass.

having a sound like that of a reed instrument.

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Origin of reedy

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at reed, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM reedy

reed·i·ness, noun

Words nearby reedy

reed pipe, Reed-Sternberg cell, reed stop, reeducate, reed warbler, reedy, reef, reefer, reeffish, reefing, reefing jacket

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How to use reedy in a sentence

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.
In Roanoke, Va., discovering a gateway to outdoor adventure|John Briley|June 4, 2021|Washington Post
He heard the thin, reedy voice cry in his ear to "Block the entrances, block the entrances!"
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
I sat here with my wife the last afternoon before I went to the front, he said in his reedy old mans voice.
The Romance of His Life|Mary Cholmondeley
Thus the nest and its reedy pillars are firmly bound together.
Birds of the Rockies|Leander Sylvester Keyser

Wild-fowl breed on its reedy lochs, and moor-fowl dwell on its heather hills.
The Norsemen in the West|R.M. Ballantyne
She strained her eyes and thought she made out a vague bulk moving toward the reedy point she had just quitted.
The Devil in Iron|Robert E. Howard

British Dictionary definitions for reedy

reedy

/ (ˈriːdɪ) /

adjective reedier or reediest

(of a place, esp a marsh) abounding in reeds

of or like a reed

having a tone like a reed instrument; shrill or pipinga reedy voice

Derived forms of reedy

reedily, adverbreediness, noun

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reedy

Origin of reedy

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