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Meanings of floaty in English

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

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Examples for "buoyant"
Examples for "buoyant"
1
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
5
The increase is attributed to strong circulation growth and buoyant advertising revenue.
The Irish Times
Usage of floaty in English
1
It was all like a dream, he thought, a floaty, unhappy dream.
Public secrets
2
He is sometimes a little, I don't know, floaty-easilydistracted, slow moving.
Cleaving
3
She looked stunning in a blue dress and a floaty, flowered jacket.
The maverick
4
Two balls later he topped it with a floaty hip-high full toss.
The Guardian
5
The floaty feeling came from the strings, she realised, not the fractional gravity.
Surface detail
6
She was wearing a sundress made of some kind of thin, floaty material.
Biggie and the devil diet
7
This was a floaty cutter that Yuvraj just seemed to lose.
The Guardian
8
She was stunning in a flowery, floaty dress, strutting in gold wedge sandals.
The Fame Game
9
I felt floaty, and didn't have it in me to resist.
The whole world: a novel
10
Sega Rally excels at floaty driving over soft or movable surfaces.
Wired
11
She was so thirsty, hot all over, so hot, but funny...floaty.
Down river
12
It's all calm and floaty, and then this sinister presence comes down over you.
Radio NZ
13
I say it is a floaty and leewardly Flemish pirate-bottom.
Quicksilver
14
I was relaxed too, I felt so floaty and warm.
I’m With the Band
15
These are not so much floaty skateboards as flying platforms.
The Guardian
16
Prince William's wife, Kate, walked the red carpet in a floaty white one-shoulder dress.
Reuters
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