Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: reedy
IPA transcription: [ɹ'idi]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: reedy, reedlike
    Meaning: resembling a reed in being upright and slender
  • Synonyms: reedy, wheezy
    Meaning: having a tone of a reed instrument
Usage examples
  • The thicket stretched down from the top of one of the sandy knolls, spreading and growing taller as it went, until it reached the margin of the broad, reedy fen, through which the nearest of the little rivers soaked its way into the anchorage.
  • See! how the morning dews They sweep, that from their feet besprinkling drop Dispersed, and leave a track oblique behind. Now on firm land they range, then in the flood They plunge tumultuous; or through reedy pools Rustling they work their way; no holt escapes Their curious search.