Usually means: Produces light, high-pitched sounds.
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  1. tinkly: Merriam-Webster
  2. tinkly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tinkly: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. tinkly: Wiktionary
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  8. tinkly: Dictionary.com
  9. tinkly: Rhymezone
  10. tinkly: FreeDictionary.org
  11. tinkly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. tinkly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Having a tinkling sound.

Similar:
tinkling, ringing, reverberant, trinkly, atinkle, tintinnabulatory, twangy, jingly, jangly, twiddly, more...

Opposite:
clunky, dull, heavy, thudding, thumping

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Similar:
tinkling, ringing, reverberant, trinkly, atinkle, tintinnabulatory, twangy, jingly, jangly, twiddly, more...

Opposite:
clunky, dull, heavy, thudding, thumping



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