Adjective, : He walks with a springy step. From Dictionary.com.
For medium rare, you should be able to feel some "springiness" to the meat. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
Put strings on solid support to avoid springiness when mortising. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Her bag lay beside her, shaken up and down by the springiness of the seat. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
I think extending the bar to contact itself would minimize the springiness. From Wordnik.com. [$8 DIY Aluminum Laptop Stand | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
I think extending the bar to contact itself would minimize the springiness. From Wordnik.com. [$8 DIY Aluminum Laptop Stand | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
The plastic bin was full of gaps and holes, but retained a certain springiness. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Ettlinger: Urban and Married Life, With Tickets] Reference
Eddie jumped onto it enjoying the usual springiness off Soviet elevator cables. From Wordnik.com. [The Cardinal of the Kremlin]
Azeez demonstrated his springiness by seamlessly touching his nose with his toe. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrating one's tummy!] Reference
Frost sat down on the settee and prodded the carpet's springiness with his foot. From Wordnik.com. [Hard Frost]
It will lose its springiness when this occurs, so do not go any further with it. From Wordnik.com. [Secrets Of Lock Picking]
Not so long ago the little, brown, prickly balls provided pincushion springiness underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [Sandy, Bedfordshire] Reference
She found a hummock where the grass was merely damp and sank down, curled onto its springiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
His feet hardly seemed to touch the ground; they were light with the liquid springiness fear gives. From Wordnik.com. [A different flesh]
Their feet fell noiseless on the moss, and its springiness seemed to remove much of their exhaustion. From Wordnik.com. [do you ever read writing?] Reference
Compared to the earth ruined by the Dragonbrand, the springiness of the ground here seemed to propel them forward. From Wordnik.com. [Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon] Reference
She picked up a pin bone that had slid off her husband's plate, measured its springiness between her thumb and forefinger. From Wordnik.com. [Jew] Reference
This was in her mind as she came across the polished floorboards, feeling their supple springiness beneath her white socks. From Wordnik.com. [The Miko]
Even now, when gradually, almost imperceptibly, the springiness was fading from his step, he seemed a strong and virile man. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
Nickel, with which is often combined chromium, increases the strength, springiness and toughness and helps to prevent corrosion. From Wordnik.com. [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference
Now though the ground was very soft, there was in it so much of springiness that it left no trace of our steps after we had gone on. From Wordnik.com. [The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'] Reference
The workpiece is to be clamped as firmly and deeply as to eliminate any springiness and displacement of the workpiece during sawing. From Wordnik.com. [3. Auxiliary means for sawing] Reference
The workpiece is to be clamped as firmly and securely as to eliminate any springiness and displacement of the workpiece during filing!. From Wordnik.com. [3. Auxiliary means for filing] Reference
These not only fell apart quickly, they lacked the strength and springiness to properly flick dust and dirt out of cracks and crevices. From Wordnik.com. [11. Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types] Reference
Even twice-broken arms heal at last; and, sooner or later after childbirth, the colour comes back to the cheek, springiness to the step. From Wordnik.com. [Two Tales of Old Strasbourg] Reference
The single thread is formed into rows of loops which hang upon each other, thus giving the knitted fabric its characteristic springiness. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
All the light and happiness and springiness were gone. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, Money! Money!] Reference
From that day forth, my springiness and elasticity left me. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Cringle's Log] Reference
All the alertness, the springiness, the joy of living were gone. From Wordnik.com. [Pollyanna Grows Up] Reference
Bill possessed an absolute monopoly of springiness and elasticity. From Wordnik.com. [Jan A Dog and a Romance] Reference
She walked with a certain springiness of step and erectness of bearing. From Wordnik.com. [Anne's House of Dreams] Reference
Their air was one of dejection and there was no springiness in their gait. From Wordnik.com. [The Yellow Horde] Reference
There was color in his cheeks, life in his eyes, and springiness in his step. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win] Reference
He walked, indeed, with a step of amazing springiness for a man of his years. From Wordnik.com. [The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation] Reference
My curiosity is really that of why there is any springiness to the baseline at all. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
The springiness of his step relaxed into a slouching gait, and his head fell forward. From Wordnik.com. [Half a Hero A Novel] Reference
She went no longer blithely singing about her work; and all the springiness had fled from her gait. From Wordnik.com. [Bob, Son of Battle] Reference
Her cheeks were prettily flushed, and she walked with the delightful springiness of perfect health. From Wordnik.com. [A Prince of Sinners] Reference
Keith's face and the springiness in Keith's step; and when he reached the kitchen, he said this to Susan. From Wordnik.com. [Dawn] Reference
At all events, Keith came back to the house with a glow on his face and a springiness in his step that Susan had not seen there for months. From Wordnik.com. [Dawn] Reference
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