Both Uses of
buoyant
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- The planets, buoyant balloons, sail swollen up and away.
Chpt 15buoyant = tending to float or rise
- its buoyancy in the waters of the Dead Sea:
Chpt 17 *buoyancy = tendency to float
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