from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun Buoyancy.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun Same as buoyancy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun rare Buoyancy.
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adjective The state or quality of being buoyant
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Alteration of buoyancy
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Examples
He writes deeply personal, unique songs, and in a world that is all too often filled with sadness, his music is filled with exuberance and a kind of buoyance that is deeply moving.
As the successful factory owner harboring a shameful secret at the core of his bluster, John Lithgow, joshing around in his bathrobe, had too much irrepressible buoyance to embody Patriarchal Enterprise.
Ever since WordPress switched my URL from raincoaster.wordpress.com to raincoaster.com my hits have walked right off a cliff and straight down a deep wellmomentary buoyance provided by Brian Atene and Even Stevphens notwithstanding.
Ever since WordPress switched my URL from raincoaster.wordpress.com to raincoaster.com my hits have walked right off a cliff and straight down a deep wellmomentary buoyance provided by Brian Atene and Even Stevphens notwithstanding.
Ever since WordPress switched my URL from raincoaster.wordpress.com to raincoaster.com my hits have walked right off a cliff and straight down a deep wellmomentary buoyance provided by Brian Atene and Even Stevphens notwithstanding.
Walubita paid tribute to China for its financial aid, which had helped to sustain Zambia's economic buoyance despite the country's budgetary and fiscal problems.
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