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adjective

Buoyant adj.

Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. "Buoyant on the flood."

Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier. "The water under me was buoyant."

Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits.

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Etymology of 'Buoyant'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Buoyant" Quotes from Famous Books

... last few weeks. The lumberman had been swift to observe it. Somehow the old enthusiasm had faded out. The keen fighting nature he had become accustomed to, with its tendency to swift, almost reckless action, had become less marked. The man was altogether less buoyant. ...

— The Man in the Twilight • Ridgwell Cullum

... over, they were again upon deck. Jess had prepared a tempting meal, and while she and the captain dined, Eben took his turn at the wheel. The boy had hardly spoken a word after his father's return from the store, but a new light shone in his eyes, and his step was more buoyant than before. The furtive look that he at times cast upon the fair passenger was one of profound admiration. To him she was the most beautiful and wonderful person he had ever met, and her words of encouragement and appreciation had fallen upon his lonely soul like a refreshing ...

— Jess of the Rebel Trail • H. A. Cody

... fiercer blew the gale; a tremendous cross sea was now running, and the boat, stout and buoyant as she was, seemed every moment as if she would be engulfed in the chaos of water. Small as the sail had been it had been taken down and lashed with ropes to the yard, so that now only about three square ...

— In Freedom's Cause • G. A. Henty

... and assistant of a noted expert in aeronautics, he was eager and buoyant at the prospect of winning fame and fortune in an attempt that was the dream of the expert airman ...

— Dave Dashaway and his Hydroplane • Roy Rockwood

... nature his, facing the world, with all its contingencies, bravely and with constant buoyant cheerfulness. He walked through life with eyes and heart wide open to the joy of the world, brightening and lightening it for others as he went. He was always ready to stretch out a helping hand to the weak and falling ones ...

— Kilgorman - A Story of Ireland in 1798 • Talbot Baines Reed

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