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reedy(dictionary)
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reedy (iou)



reedy adjective. ['ri:di] ME.
[from REED noun1 + -Y1.]
Full of reeds; characterized by the presence of reeds. ME.
Made or consisting of reed or reeds. ME.
Resembling a reed or reeds; spec. (a) (of a person) weak, feeble; (b) (of a thing) having the form or texture of a reed. E17.
F. A. Kemble A..bank..covered with reedy coarse grass.
Of a voice or sound: having a tone resembling that produced by a musical reed; weak and shrill, thin. E19.
H. Rosenthal His top notes were thin and reedy.
Of cloth: having the warp threads unevenly distributed. M20.
reedily adverb M20.
reediness noun E19.