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BUOYANTLY

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buoy⋅ant

  [boi-uhnt, boo-yuhnt]
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–adjective
1. tending to float in a fluid.
2. capable of keeping a body afloat, as a liquid.
3. not easily depressed; cheerful.
4. cheering or invigorating.
Origin:
1570–80; buoy + -ant

Related forms:
buoy⋅ant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. happy, lighthearted, breezy, jaunty, sunny.
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buoy·ant   (boi'ənt, bōō'yənt)   
adj.  

  1. Having or marked by buoyancy: a buoyant balloon; buoyant spirits.

  2. Lighthearted; gay: in a buoyant mood.


[Spanish boyante, present participle of boyar, to refloat a boat, from boya, buoy, from Old French boue; see buoy.]
buoy'ant·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

buoyant 
1578, perhaps from Sp. boyante, prp. of boyar "to float," from boya "buoy," from Du. boei (see buoy). Of personalities, etc., from c.1748.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

buoyant

Of or relating to a market in which prices have a tendency to move upward.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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