- 1
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.
- 2
Lively; bouncy.
- Shangrila and Linda is an outstandingly uneven book -- sometimes it's fun and springy, and other times it's irritating and boring.
- Every step—a light click of the heel and then a springy step, optimistic, perhaps a bit contemptuous.
- 3
Characteristic of the spring season.
- It was springy weather after Easter, and she wore a pale lavender silk dress with myriad little ruchings down the front, each edged with a narrow band of real lace.
- We had a blizzard, a thaw, a spell of springy weather, and James baked me a heart-shaped white clam pizza for Valentine's Day.
- 4
Of land, having many springs (of water).
ant. unspringy