reedy.

1. Having a thin, piping, or reed-instrument-like tone.

2. Growing or covered with reeds.

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Words that belong together

• a reedy voice
• a reedy tone

On the page

A reedy voice answered from behind the heavy curtain.

The melody acquired a reedy tone on the old instrument.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative reedier; superlative reediest. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.