reedy
pronunciation
How to pronounce reedy in British English:
UK [ˈri:di]
How to pronounce reedy in American English:
US [ˈridi]
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- Adjective:
- having a tone of a reed instrument
- resembling a reed in being upright and slender
Word Origin
- reedy (adj.)
- late 14c., "full of reeds," from reed + -y (2), or from Old English hreodig. Of tones, from 1811 in reference to musical reeds. Related: Reediness.
Example
- 1. Hotels falls park on the reedy .
- 2. He spoke with a reedy , quavering voice .
- 3. My daughter , tara reedy , is missing .
- 4. At night , healthy , muscular men nothing like the reedy , pale-faced boys who worked in the factories played aggressive games under bright stadium lights .
- 5. Mostly broad plains ; reedy marshes along iranian border in south with large flooded areas ; mountains along borders with iran and turkey .