reedy
Origin of reedy
1Other words from reedy
- reed·i·ness, noun
Words Nearby reedy
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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 PostHe heard the thin, reedy voice cry in his ear to "Block the entrances, block the entrances!"
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodI 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 CholmondeleyThus the nest and its reedy pillars are firmly bound together.
Birds of the Rockies | Leander Sylvester KeyserWild-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
/ (ˈriːdɪ) /
(of a place, esp a marsh) abounding in reeds
of or like a reed
having a tone like a reed instrument; shrill or piping: a reedy voice
Derived forms of reedy
- reedily, adverb
- reediness, noun
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