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1833 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 24 Sept. He dances like a bear, walks springily, and is, latterly, the first man at church after the sexton.

1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion III. 44 She stepped springily on to the verandah.

1906 U. Sinclair Jungle i. 11 Some dance springily, some glide softly, some move with grave dignity.

1939 E. Fergusson Venezuela xix. 242 Still laughing, they went on, moving springily over the moist loam.

2007 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Dec. (Review section) 10 The pannier-bearers walk springily along, their gait as musical as birdsong.

1862 Illustr. London News 14 June 610/3 Caractacus is rather a pretty-looking colt..so springily put together that, as a writer observed of him, ‘he went up and down the Surrey hills like a cricket-ball.’

1887 D. C. Murray & H. Herman One Traveller Returns ii. 24 The mere ring of hair which fringed his head was grizzled, but it curled springily still like wire.

1918 E. L. White Unwilling Vestal xxi. 280 Brinnaria, standing alert and springily erect.., looked like a care-free young matron who had had a long night's sleep and a good breakfast.

1947 Somerset (Pa.) Daily Amer. 31 July 2/3 The seat swayed springily under the reporter's ample weight.

2008 R. Brandon Caravaggio's Angel vii. 70 I felt overgrown and fleshbound, my cheeks too red, my nose too shiny, my hair too springily thick.