Adjective

(er)

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.

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Adjective

(er)

Comprised of, or resembling, string or strings.

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*:The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy , with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.