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fluty

or flut·ey

[ floo-tee ]

adjective

, flut·i·er, flut·i·est.
  1. having the tone and rather high pitch variation of a flute:

    a person of fastidious manner and fluty voice.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of fluty1

First recorded in 1815–25; flute + -y 1
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Example Sentences

The sweet, clear, fluty voice came upon him like an omen, and then the girl stepped to his side where he sat.

"I waited and waited for you," she went on, her tones suddenly resuming their old fluty pathos.

Eustacia's voice had sounded somewhat more juvenile and fluty than Charley's.

It has a mild, fluty quality, very sweet, but in a subdued key.

In addition to his marquisate, he had a fluty tenorino voice; what they call a voix de salon.

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