tinkly

[ ting-klee ]

/ ˈtɪŋ kli /

tinkling or producing a tinkling sound.

Origin of tinkly

First recorded in 1890–95; tinkle + -y¹

The old spinets and harpsichords, with their charming inlaid cases, were beautiful, but they gave forth only tinkly sounds.

The House in Good Taste |Elsie de Wolfe
It must have sounded as tinkly as one of those tiny childrens pianos which you can buy at every toy-shop.

The Story of Mankind |Hendrik Van Loon
It must have sounded as tinkly as one of those tiny children's pianos which you can buy at every toy-shop.

The Story of Mankind |Hendrik van Loon
It was a tinkly, reedy instrument, for none of that household had any turn for music.

The Good Soldier |Ford Madox Ford

Often they were supplemented with candelabra of bronze or brass, tricked out with tinkly pendant prisms.

Dishes & Beverages of the Old South |Martha McCulloch Williams