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Significados de reedy em inglês

(Of a person or animal) Narrow in size, and usually indicating carrying little fat.

Having a tone of a reed instrument.

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Uso de reedy em inglês
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Don't talk, she said, and that lovely voice was reedy and wasted.
Summers at Castle Auburn
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All the water seems to drain into the reedy swamp and clay-pans.
Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
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She leans closer to Anna, lowering her voice to a reedy whisper.
Those who save us
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Their reedy sibilance built steadily until the spaceplane rocked on its undercarriage.
The Reality Dysfunction
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Reuel, now throwing one reedy leg over the side of the cab.
The talisman
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Dr. Christensen cleared his throat, then spoke, his voice thin and reedy.
The Death Cure
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There was a reedy dryness in his throat that Will found disquieting.
Secret of the seventh son
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His voice is lyrical and reedy, and he obviously enjoys explaining his work.
Love, life and linguine
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The frogs in their reedy beds croaked and chirruped without ceasing.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
10
When he spoke, Charles heard sorrow and resolve in the reedy metal voice.
Antiphon
11
Presently I was in a land of lush water-meadows and slow reedy streams.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
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At five miles, one mile to the south is a large reedy swamp.
Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
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She saw again the reedy reaches and the steep mountain shores.
Evelyn Innes
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There are plenty of moor-hens or water-hens in these reedy pools.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children
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His voice sounded exactly as Gordon had expected, thin and reedy.
Gravity
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Faintly he raised his feeble voice, like the gale of the reedy Lego.
The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
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