Both Uses of
buoyant
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- A heated breeze from the south slowly fanned the summits of lofty objects, and in the sky dashes of buoyant cloud were sailing in a course at right angles to that of another stratum, neither of them in the direction of the breeze below.†
Chpt 34-36 *buoyant = cheerful and optimistic; or a tendency to maintain or quickly recover cheerfulness and optimism after setbacks
- I don't know what's the matter, I feel wretched at one time, and buoyant at another.†
Chpt 52-54
Definitions:
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(1)
(buoyant as in: buoyant force or market) tending to float or rise; or making other things float
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(2)
(buoyant as in: buoyant personality) characterized by cheerfulness and optimism; or a tendency to maintain or quickly recover cheerfulness and optimism after setbacks