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Webster 1913 Edition
Springy
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
. Sir W. Scott.
2.
Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy;
as,
. springy
landWebster 1828 Edition
Springy
SPRINGY
,Adj.
1.
Elastic; possessing the power of recovering itself when bent or twisted.2.
Having great elastic power.3.
Having the power to leap; able to leap far.4.
Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spungy; as springy land.Definition 2024
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English
Adjective
springy (comparative springier, superlative springiest)
- That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.
- The soft peat was springy under her feet.
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 5
- We had now reach'd the closest point of union; but when he backened to come on the fiercer, as if I had been actuated by a fear of losing him, in the height of my fury I twisted my legs round his naked loins, the flesh of which, so firm, so springy to the touch, quiver'd again under the pressure
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 5
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capable of returning to its original form