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spongy

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for spongy.

Editorial note

Feeling that resistance is so much nicer than pushing flat tabs down (most often on spongy keys).

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Quick take

Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spongy gathered in one view.

adjective

Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.

adjective

Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.

adjective

(slang) Drunk.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spongy.

Example sentences

1

Feeling that resistance is so much nicer than pushing flat tabs down (most often on spongy keys).

2

Maybe it gives me spongy human information, but speaks to other's of it's kind in more defined interfaces and dialects.

3

I've got one laptop case where it is quite spongy with panels like neoprene and some stretch fabric.

4

The keyboard's alright, but the spongy wrist pad is challenging to keep clean.

5

SipHash is a spongy, wide-pipe, design where that sort of thing doesn't work.

6

They're too thin and not at all spongy or porous, so the condensation will creep all the way around to the table side.

7

Shame really, as I quite prefer the IIgs's Apple Desktop Bus keyboard over the spongy thing on this ThinkPad.

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But, if we did want to improve it, AI can act as a sort of spongy API.

9

I am a slow typist, and could get ahead of the cursor: it always felt spongy.

10

It's maybe 50% more expensive than horrible spongy chewy supermarket meat.

11

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that they prefer running on asphalt or concrete over a nice soft spongy track.

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Now say you're wearing some kind of spongy sandals that can take up the slack, so at every step you increasingly sense that the frequency has changed.

Quote examples

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From the wiki, far lands ("spongy walls of terrain") aren't caused by precision loss but integer overflow in the terrain generation.

2

I just noticed that the new Apple keyboard has those "spongy" buttons like the ZX Spectrum.

3

>gypsy moths The common name is "spongy moths" now, to avoid a racial epithet.

4

The sides are inherently less structurally sound because they're "inside" portions and spongy, and when you grip them you're likely to grip the bun very well but apply pressure to the hot dog itself from direct points at your fingers rather than the bun distributing the pressure evenly through the structure.

Proper noun examples

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I'm the packager of SpongyCastle (a task a well-trained monkey could do, I don't alter the code other than package-renaming it), and I confess some relief that the issue is with Android's in-built SecureRandom class, rather than anything in (Bouncy|Spongy)Castle.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use spongy in a sentence?

Feeling that resistance is so much nicer than pushing flat tabs down (most often on spongy keys).

What does spongy mean?

Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.

What part of speech is spongy?

spongy is commonly used as adjective.