Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Soft and clear in tone, like a flute.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Soft and clear in tone, like a flute.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Resembling the sound of a flute.

Etymologies

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flute +‎ -y

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Examples

  • "Nobody's going to get hurt," called a fluty voice.

    Tek Kill Shatner, William 1996

  • When Henthorn stands to make a campaign promise over the PA -- "I'll come and speak to any group that invites me" -- Unroe cops a high, fluty voice and trills, "Even the Girl Scouts?"

    Tea Party road trip: What the movement wants -- and why Bill Donahue 2010

  • "It was all about branches," Lainie went on, "because, like" -- and here she switched to a high, fluty voice -- "life can go in so many directions, you know?"

    Ann Packer's 'Molten': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature Narrative Magazine 2010

  • "It was all about branches," Lainie went on, "because, like" -- and here she switched to a high, fluty voice -- "life can go in so many directions, you know?"

    Ann Packer's 'Molten': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature Narrative Magazine 2010

  • Beet lifted jasmine, the way a bullnecked partner lifts a ballerina, and the pair came on stage on citron's fluty cue.

    La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

  • There was fluty music playing very low, almost impossible to hear.

    Must Love Black Kelly McClymer 2008

  • There was fluty music playing very low, almost impossible to hear.

    Must Love Black Kelly McClymer 2008

  • There was fluty music playing very low, almost impossible to hear.

    Must Love Black Kelly McClymer 2008

  • There was fluty music playing very low, almost impossible to hear.

    Must Love Black Kelly McClymer 2008

  • Just so, came a high fluty voice from the audienceLady Clementine.

    The House at Riverton Kate Morton 2008

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