Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
spongy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge.
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- adjective Alternative form of
spongious .
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Examples
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"These abrupt changes of vegetation -- this little spongeous tract of water plants, and on either side of it all the growths are tough or brittle -- heather, bracken, hurts, pines.
A Room with a View 1924
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