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- adjective
comparative form ofreedy : morereedy
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Examples
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Yes, she's thin, but sadly? the modeling industry has historically praised models who are on the reedier side.
Julia Schneider, Elite Model Contest Winner, Raises Controversy Over Her Figure (PHOTOS) 2011
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When he spoke, his voice was reedier, thinner and more tentative than we remember: no anger, no volume and no Lewinsky-era drama.
Living Politics: In Eight Minutes, Clinton Shows His Mastery 2007
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Thus bellowed the strong voices of the men and the reedier tones of the women, while the clear little pipes of the children went up complacently.
Secret Bread F. Tennyson Jesse
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Thinner, his voice reedier from damage to vocal cords caused by a breathing tube, he still carries on his face a familiar, smart-aleck impishness.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TOM HAWTHORN 2011
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Cheslik-DeMeyer has a beautiful tenor voice; he sounds something like a reedier, more ethereal
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Sometimes it would be two or three gaspy attempted meows followed by the real thing -- this became a reedier, more incompetent sound as the night went on.
cheek 2009
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Sometimes it would be two or three gaspy attempted meows followed by the real thing -- this became a reedier, more incompetent sound as the night went on.
cheek 2009
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