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- s having a tone of a reed instrument
- s resembling a reed in being upright and slender
- In these two discs, her reedy, frayed-at-the-edges voice, teasingly lagging the beat, instinctively breathes the bittersweet essence of the jazz life.
- The soft, reedy voice once urged millions of mainland Chinese to press their government for democracy.
- But Adele had retired, and at 34, Fred was not obvious star material: a skinny fellow with a reedy voice and an unassuming air.