springy

Adjective

springy (comparative springier, superlative springiest)

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.
   • The hard woods were used for pegging, the soft woods for cradling the load and the springy woods for carrying it.2013, Eric Sloane, Weather Almanac, →ISBN, page 48

   Synonyms:

   bouncy, elastic, resilient

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.1982 April 10, Andrea Loewenstein, “Daily Life”, in Gay Community News, page 11
   • Every step—a light click of the heel and then a springy step, optimistic, perhaps a bit contemptuous.2005, Adam Zachary Newton, The Elsewhere: On Belonging at a Near Distance, →ISBN, page 270

   Synonyms:

   bouncy, jaunty, energetic, vigorous

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.1947, Gulielma Fell Alsop, Deer Creek: The Story of a Golden Childhood, page 276
   • 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.2014, Kitty Burns Florey, Vigil for a Stranger, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   springlike, mild

4. Of land, having many springs (of water).