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Springy adj. (compar. springier; superl. springiest)

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."

Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land.

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Etymology of 'Springy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Springy" Quotes from Famous Books

... these Drops I heat red hot in the fire, and then suffered them to cool by degrees. And these I found to have quite lost all their fulminating or flying quality, as also their hard, brittle and springy texture; and to emerge of a much softer temper, and much easier to be broken or snapt with ones finger; but its strong and brittle quality was quite destroyed, and it seemed much of the same consistence with other green Glass well ...

— Micrographia • Robert Hooke

... frock-coat, one epaulet, smooth white trowsers, and shoes. Catching up his sword in his left hand as he reached the upper grating of the ladder, he took off his blue, gold-banded cap, and half bounded, with a springy step, on to ...

— Captain Brand of the "Centipede" • H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise

... all flying light, And into battle sped, Straining for it on wings of might, With feet of springy tread; The light of battle on each face, Its lust in every eye; Our sailor blood at swiftest pace To catch ...

— Successful Recitations • Various

... ramoneur,' whispered Jimbo, uncertain whether the shiver he felt was his sister's or his own. 'He's much too springy.' Sweeps always ...

— A Prisoner in Fairyland • Algernon Blackwood

... teams, in spite of the Christmas spirit, and the "Happy Christmas" greetings, they exchanged to begin with, soon lost their springy step, the sledges dragged more slowly, and ...

— South with Scott • Edward R. G. R. Evans

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