Both Uses of
exuberant
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- She wrapped her arms around him, kissing him exuberantly on the check.†
p. 222.0
- Everyone liked Bree: her sense of adventure, her exuberance.†
p. 278.1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(exuberant) joyously unrestrained
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, exuberance can refer to unrestrained enthusiasm that is not necessarily joyous (as in "the wild exuberance of a cavalry charge"). In another less common sense, it can refer to plants growing in extreme abundance.