Springy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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