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ˈspringily, adv. [f. springy a. + -ly2.] 1. With an elastic or springy step.
1881Mrs. C. Praed Policy & P. III. 44 She stepped springily on to the verandah. 1884W. D. Howells Silas Lapham (1891) I. 60 The mare was springily jolting over the snow. 2. After the manner of a spring.
1884Lathrop True & other Stories II. 229 Were you to place your hand on her shoulder, she would resist springily. 1887D. C. Murray & Herman Traveller Returns ii. 24 The mere ring of hair which fringed his head was grizzled, but it curled springily still like wire. |