Reedy \Reed"y\ (r[=e]d"[y^]), a. 1. Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds. ``A reedy pool.'' --Thomson .
2. Having the quality of a reed in tone, that is, harsh and thin, as some voices.
Ducks, herons, gulls and cormorants frequent its reedy shores.
Dern himself replies in his reedy voice, "Where've I been?" The 54-year-old actor has been gratefully reading the reviews for "After Dark, My Sweet," a hard-edged thriller based on a novel by the long-neglected pulp writer Jim Thompson.