"springlike" meaning in English

See springlike in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more springlike [comparative], most springlike [superlative], spring-like [alternative]
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  1. (chiefly of the weather) Typical of spring (the season). Synonyms (typical of spring (season)): springly Translations (typical of spring): пролетен (proleten) (Bulgarian), forårsagtig (Danish), keväinen (Finnish), primaveral (Galician), გაზაფხულის (gazapxulis) (Georgian), გაზაფხულური (gazapxuluri) [nonstandard] (Georgian), vårlig (Norwegian), весе́нний (vesénnij) (Russian), vårlig (Swedish), vårlik (Swedish), våraktig (Swedish), vårig (Swedish)
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  2. Resembling a spring (coiled-shaped usually metal object).
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: springlike phenomenon, unspringlike

Alternative forms

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