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Definition of Spongiest
1. spongy [adj] - See also: spongy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spongiest
Literary usage of Spongiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. One of Ours by Willa Cather (1922)
"... was always called upon for her wonderful mayonnaise dressing, or her angel-food
cake,— sure to be the lightest and spongiest in any assemblage of cakes. ..."
2. One of Ours by Willa Cather (1922)
"... was always called upon for her wonderful mayonnaise dressing, or her angel-food
cake,— sure to be the lightest and spongiest in any assemblage of cakes. ..."
3. The Hundred Boston Orators Appointed by the Municipal Authorities and Other by James Spear Loring (1852)
"... or render indestructible, even the porous structure of birch itself, and thus
keep the dry rot forever from its spongiest fibres. ..."
4. The Hundred Boston Orators Appointed by the Municipal Authorities and Other by James Spear Loring (1852)
"... or render indestructible, even the porous structure of birch itself, and thus
keep the dry rot forever from its spongiest fibres. ..."
5. The Industrial Resources of Ireland by Robert Kane (1845)
"prepared, even when formed of the very upper and spongiest stratum of the turf,
are denser than wood. They have little or no tendency to grow damp, ..."
6. An Oration, Delivered Before the Authorities of the City of Boston, July 4, 1842 by Horace Mann (1842)
"... even the porous structure of birch itself, and keep the dry-rot forever from
its spongiest fibres. With the change in the organic structure of our ..."
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