springy

3 definitions found

springy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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springy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  springy
      adj 1: elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively
             tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory";
             "springy turf" [syn: bouncy, live, lively,
             resilient, springy]
      2: (of movements) light and confidently active; "he walked away
         with a springy step"

springy - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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