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- adverb in a
springy manner
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Examples
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All saw him as he dropped like a shadow, naked as on his natal morn, landing springily on his bent knees, and like a shadow leaping along the run-way.
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The classroom floor had become springily mossy and trees were growing out of it; their leafy branches fanned across the ceiling and windows, so that the room was full of slanting shafts of soft, dappled, green light.
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He stood over her; but the only comfort he ventured on was to lay his hand on her hair — this wild black hair, which met his fingers springily, with a will of its own.
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Emily Torrence was a member of one of the dark races of Humans, skin as deep brown as coffee beans, hair black and springily curled—frizzed up tight against her skull now from the flying spray in the turbine chamber.
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He had distributed his weight on two branches, but he could feel both of them bending springily beneath him.
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The dragon lizard padded towards us, slapping its feet down aggressively, first its front left and back right, then vice versa, carrying its great weight easily and springily, with the swinging, purposeful gait of a bully.
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Time had grizzled the dark hair and furrowed the lean face, but he still walked springily.
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Brother Winfrid was just coming over the crest from the slope of the pease field, striding springily with his spade over his shoulder.
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Brother Winfrid was just coming over the crest from the slope of the pease field, striding springily with his spade over his shoulder.
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Time had grizzled the dark hair and furrowed the lean face, but he still walked springily.
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