Both Uses of
buoyant
in
Watership Down
- There was a shrewd, buoyant air about him as he sat up, looked round and rubbed both front paws over his nose.
p. 4.5 *buoyant = cheerful and optimistic
- A batsman who has played a fine innings will say afterward that he felt he could not miss the ball, and a speaker or an actor, on his lucky day, can sense his audience carrying him as though he were swimming in miraculous, buoyant water.
p. 199.9 *buoyant = with a tendency to cause things in it 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