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fluty

6.1

Having a clear, high musical sound like a flute

adjective
/ˈfluːti/

: fluteado

The singer's voice was bright and fluty, enchanting everyone in the audience.

Examples

Grace cried out suddenly in a high, oddly fluty voice, as if she were locked in an echo chamber.

Fiction book (1997)
The sound of the wind through the trees was fluty, reminiscent of a distant flute.
Running with little half steps, she rushes along to the entryway and immediately, in a strange, fluty voice that sounds as though she were laughing and crying, welcomes her guest.

Fiction book (1993)
As she played the melody, it took on a fluty quality that brought tears to my eyes.

Synonyms

mellifluous

vsfluty

Formal

4 8.5

A smooth, sweet sound that is pleasant to hear

emphasizes high clear pitch and instrument similarity rather than general smoothness

flutey

vsfluty

7.4

Having a clear, high, sweet sound like a small pipe you blow into

is similar but focuses on general musical quality rather than sweetness

fluted

vsfluty

5.6

A clear, pleasant sound like a flute

stresses high pitch and musical clarity rather than general melodiousness

flute-like

vsfluty

4.2

A clear, high sound like a flute

is narrower, focusing on high pitch specifically rather than broad resemblance

Antonyms

muffled

40 3.7

A sound made quieter and less clear by something covering or blocking it

dull

31 1.0

Not bright or shiny with weak colour

How Clear

piercing

2 5.5

bright

17 3.8

fluty

6.1

clear

40 1.0

mellow

46 3.9

Surface Forms

fluty positive

Morphology

fluty = flute (transparent) = flute + y

Formed by the productive suffix '-y' meaning 'having the quality of' the noun 'flute'; meaning 'flute-like' in sound is directly derived.

Etymology

Fluty comes from the word flute, the small musical pipe, and gives a quick picture: something 'like a flute' makes a clear, high, sweet sound. So a fluty voice or tune sounds high and musical like that instrument.