Definitions
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- adverb In a
spongy manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Only when he started across did it yield spongily beneath his feet and emit a startled yelp.
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Only when he started across did it yield spongily beneath his feet and emit a startled yelp.
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They followed Rats on a path that sank spongily under their shoes.
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As he pushed down with his weight the yellow interior gave spongily.
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As he pushed down with his weight the yellow interior gave spongily.
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Birds sang or twittered about them, the mat of dead leaves oozed spongily beneath their feet, giving forth no sound as they passed, save a faint sucking noise as a foot was lifted from each watery seat.
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Birds sang or twittered about them, the mat of dead leaves oozed spongily beneath their feet, giving forth no sound as they passed, save a faint sucking noise as a foot was lifted from each watery seat.
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The poor lady flopped spongily upon her knees, and taking hold of
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