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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective springy has 2 senses
- springy(s = adj.all) bouncy, live, lively, resilient - elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" Derived form noun springiness1
- springy(s = adj.all) Array - (of movements) light and confidently active; "he walked away with a springy step"
CIDE DICTIONARY
springy, a. [From Spring.].
- Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step. [1913 Webster]"Though her little frame was slight, it was firm and springy." [1913 Webster]
- Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
springy, adj. (springier, springiest)
1 springing back quickly when squeezed or stretched, elastic.
2 (of movements) as of a springy substance.
1 springing back quickly when squeezed or stretched, elastic.
2 (of movements) as of a springy substance.
Derivative
springily adv. springiness n.
THESAURUS
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
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