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Springy

adjective

(compar. springier; superl. springiest)

Elastic; rebounds readily. Synonyms: bouncy, live, lively, resilient. "A lively tennis ball" , "As resilient as seasoned hickory" , "Springy turf"

(of movements) light and confidently active.

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"Springy" Quotes from Famous Books

... worked with all her might to provide in advance against it. But the bushes and leaves were not all that she had brought. She had collected also a large quantity of gray moss with which to make a carpet for the springy floor. ...

— The Big Brother - A Story of Indian War • George Cary Eggleston

... madly at them yelling "Fag!" When somehow something gives and your feet drag. You fall and strike your head; yet feel no pain And find ... you're digging tunnels through the hay In the Big Barn, 'cause it's a rainy day. Oh, springy hay, and lovely beams to climb! You're back in the old sailor suit again. ...

— Modern British Poetry • Various

... had not attained to that age when the sinews become too much relaxed for active exertion, but was yet springy and agile, and was enabled to keep ahead of his pursuer. Despairing of overtaking him, by reason of his great speed, the savage hurled a tomahawk at his head. It passed harmless by; and the old gentleman ...

— Chronicles of Border Warfare • Alexander Scott Withers

... to us with a pleasant smile on his face, as if he were lightly amused with himself; and we came up and looked at him. He was rather short, about John Fry's height, or may be a little taller, but very strongly built and springy, as his gait at every step showed plainly, although his legs were bowed with much riding, and he looked as if he lived on horseback. To a boy like me he seemed very old, being over twenty, and well-found in beard; but he was not more than four-and-twenty, ...

— Lorna Doone - A Romance of Exmoor • R. D. Blackmore

... Arizona, which blots out garish day with a cloak of violet, purple-edged where the hills rise vaguely in the distance, and softens magically all harsh details beneath the starry vault—she slipped out to the summit of the ridge in the big pasture, climbing lightly, with the springy ease born of the vigor her nineteen outdoor years had stored in the strong young body. She wanted to be alone, to puzzle out what the coming of this man meant to her. Had he intended anything by ...

— Brand Blotters • William MacLeod Raine

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