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What is the adjective for springtime?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb spring which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

sprung
  1. (slang, African American Vernacular) Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest.
  2. (spar) cracked or strained
  3. (slang, dated) drunk
springlike
  1. (chiefly of the weather) Typical of spring (the season).
  2. Resembling a spring (coiled-shaped usually metal object).
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The weather during the holidays was springlike, but presently it has turned sour.”
      “The capital of Asmara, with a population of 400,000, has some broad, palm-lined boulevards and sunny, springlike weather year-round.”
      “It helps that it's getting warmer and sunnier and more springlike, well except for the snow storm on the weekend.”
springy
  1. That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The grounds in Australia are far bigger than here and the short springy turf makes for a very different, faster game.”
      “A virtuoso soubrette dancer noted for her light, springy jumps, strong feet, and sunny disposition, she was a favourite of Ashton's.”
      “I saw a company marching along the street, and noticed that they move with a quick, springy step, that enables them to cover ground quickly.”
springlong
  1. Lasting for the whole spring season.
springless
  1. Without a spring or springs.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He had to endure a 27-mile ride in a springless wagon over rough roads to a railhead at Guiney Station.”
      “The girls laughed at each other with wet eyes, and went off with springless steps.”
      “Mother and we girls found it more comfortable riding than the springless prairie-schooners.”
springing
springier
  1. comparative form of springy: more springy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “When the economy started growing again in March 1933 the employment bounceback was springier still.”
      “Ms. Monheit is also singing more softly than before, lending her improvisations a lighter, springier momentum.”
      “The plank was much springier than he had imagined, and he found himself doing an awkward hop-skip-and-stumble over its battens as it flexed under his boots.”
springiest
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