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adjective
Springy  adj.  (compar. springier; superl. springiest)  
1.
Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step. "Though her little frame was slight, it was firm and springy."
2.
Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land.





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"Springy" Quotes from Famous Books



... left the stony road and walked upon the springy turf bordering the moorland. Little curled-up shoots of light green were springing from the bracken. Here and there, a flame of gorse filled the air with its faint, almond-like blossom. And the birds! Farmlands stretched away on his left-hand side, and above the tender ...
— Nobody's Man • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... So there he stood; friendship on the one side and love on the other. He recalled all the charming ways Patty had, the color of her hair, the light music of her laughter, the dancing shadows in her eyes, the transparent skin, the springy step, and the vigor and life that were hers. And he had lost her, not through any direct fault, but because he was known to have been dissipated at one time; a shadow that would always be crossing and recrossing his path. So long as he lived ...
— Half a Rogue • Harold MacGrath
... Milt hauled out the springy seat-cushions of both cars. The Gomez cushion was three inches thicker than that of the bug, which resulted in a mattress two stories in front with a lean-to at the foot, and the entire edifice highly slippery. ...
— Free Air • Sinclair Lewis
... between lane and hotel-grounds and bandstand, was starred by white-clad children, and by men who sprawled drowsily upon the springy turf, their straw hats tilted above their eyes. The time was mid-February. The thermometers on the Royal Palm veranda registered seventy-three. No rain had fallen in weeks to mar ...
— Black Caesar's Clan • Albert Payson Terhune
... the captain in astonishment. They could now feel the propeller pulling in the opposite direction, only to be brought back again with the same springy collision, as when it had gone forward and first ...
— The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet • Kenneth Ward


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