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REEDY
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Irregular inflected forms: reedier , reediest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling a reed in being upright and slender
Synonyms:
reedlike; reedy
Classified under:
Similar:
lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)
Derivation:
reed (tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a tone of a reed instrument
Synonyms:
reedy; wheezy
Classified under:
Similar:
noisy (full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds)
Derivation:
reed (a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed)
