Springy \Spring"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Springier
(-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Springiest.] [From Spring.]
1. Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a
spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step.
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Though her little frame was slight, it was firm and
springy. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as,
springy land.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
springy
adj : rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis
ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy
turf" [syn: bouncy, live, lively, resilient, whippy]
[also: springiest, springier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "springy":
adaptable, adaptive, bendable, bending, bouncy, buoyant, compliant,
ductile, elastic, extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile,
fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, formable, formative, giving,
impressible, impressionable, like putty, limber, lissome, lithe,
lithesome, lively, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant,
rebounding, receptive, recoiling, resilient, responsive, sensitive,
sequacious, shapable, stretch, stretchable, stretchy, submissive,
supple, susceptible, tractable, tractile, whippy, willowy,
yielding
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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