All 5 Uses of
buoyant
in
Arrowsmith
- Martin sank or rose to Clif's buoyancy, while Clif rose or sank to Martin's speculativeness.†
Chpt 3 *
- The next day Dr. Pickerbaugh was busier and less buoyant.†
Chpt 19 *
- Inspection of plumbing and food was perhaps more thorough, because Martin lacked Pickerbaugh's buoyant faith in the lay inspectors, and one of them he replaced, to the considerable displeasure of the colony of Germans in the Homedale district.†
Chpt 24
- He became Martin's collaborator; unpaid, tireless, not very skillful, valuable in his buoyancy.†
Chpt 30
- Buoyant with great things they got leave from Holabird—and from Joyce—and though it was winter they went off to Birdies' Rest, in the Vermont hills.†
Chpt 38
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