reedier; reediest
1
: abounding in or covered with reeds
3
: having the tone quality of a reed instrument
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Among those acolytes is Lucien (Jérémy Gillet), a reedy, repressed young virgin who yearns to be part of the gay community but hasn’t the courage to come out to his domineering mother Christine (Elisabeth Wiener), who also just happens to be the country’s very right-wing health minister.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 May 2026
Firm if slightly sweaty handshake notwithstanding, there’s a gentleness to Root; old-school manners, slender shoulders and a reedy Sheffield twang.
—James Wallace, New York Times, 22 May 2026
Rencher, tall and reedy, was more reserved than his partner, but armed with razor-sharp wit.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
That reedy Vox Continental organ sound would re-emerge during the punk and New Wave era of the late 1970s and early ’80s with Joe King Carrasco and the Crowns and Elvis Costello and the Attractions.
—Hector Saldana, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2026
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 May 2026
Firm if slightly sweaty handshake notwithstanding, there’s a gentleness to Root; old-school manners, slender shoulders and a reedy Sheffield twang.
—James Wallace, New York Times, 22 May 2026
Rencher, tall and reedy, was more reserved than his partner, but armed with razor-sharp wit.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
That reedy Vox Continental organ sound would re-emerge during the punk and New Wave era of the late 1970s and early ’80s with Joe King Carrasco and the Crowns and Elvis Costello and the Attractions.
—Hector Saldana, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Reedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reedy. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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reedy
adjective
reedier; reediest
1
: full of or covered with reeds
a reedy marsh
2
: made of or resembling reeds
especially
: long and slender like a reed
reedy arms
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