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Meanings of buoyant in English

Characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness.

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Courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm.

Tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas.

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Able to float.

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Examples for "floatable"
Examples for "floatable"
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And so, in everything floatable, the whole male population of that part of the coast came to visit us.
The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
2
In the Snows' cupboard Sherry found one of those big floatable flashlights that boaters use and we finished eating by battery light.
Acts of nature
3
The SEC also plans to propose scrapping the fixed $1 net-asset value for money funds and make it floatable like other mutual funds.
Reuters
Usage of buoyant in English
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Credit markets have been kept buoyant by four years of central-bank support.
Reuters
2
We do not have the same buoyant economy as 12 months ago.
The Irish Times
3
Most tour operators say availability is scarce in the current buoyant market.
The Irish Times
4
The increase was due to strong circulation growth and buoyant advertising revenue.
The Irish Times
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The increase is attributed to strong circulation growth and buoyant advertising revenue.
The Irish Times
6
Indeed, the side was particularly buoyant in recapturing the title from Ulster.
The Irish Times
7
Business confidence has edged back in April, but firms are still buoyant.
Radio NZ
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Economically Switzerland is buoyant, with very low unemployment, interest rates and inflation.
The Irish Times
9
The market remains buoyant for stories about Ted Hughes and Philip Larkin.
The Irish Times
10
Homer, too, is in general buoyant, the Nibelungenlied is sombre and stern.
The Nibelungenlied / Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the...
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And world commodity markets are buoyant, offering the prospect for further growth.
The Irish Times
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The refracted fame had lifted him, agreeably buoyant, into his present position.
Timescape
13
Stock markets remain buoyant during a buoyant earnings season around the world.
Reuters
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The ECB's policy should keep asset prices buoyant, and weaken the euro.
Reuters
15
The firm reported buoyant demand for digital colour printers and document servers.
The Irish Times
16
Speaking in his first interview following the coalition collapse, Thabane sounded buoyant.
The South African
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Ireland
Common
New Zealand
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United Kingdom
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