All 3 Uses of
buoyant
in
Jane Eyre
- Till morning dawned I was tossed on a buoyant but unquiet sea, where billows of trouble rolled under surges of joy.†
Chpt 15
- They dispersed about the room, reminding me, by the lightness and buoyancy of their movements, of a flock of white plumy birds.†
Chpt 17 *
- Your habitual expression in those days, Jane, was a thoughtful look; not despondent, for you were not sickly; but not buoyant, for you had little hope, and no actual pleasure.
Chpt 27 *buoyant = cheerful and optimistic
Definitions:
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(buoyant as in: buoyant personality) characterized by cheerfulness and optimism; or a tendency to maintain or quickly recover cheerfulness and optimism after setbacks
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(buoyant as in: buoyant force or market) tending to float or rise; or making other things float