buoyant

buoy·ant (bo̵i′ənt; also bo̵̅o̅′yənt)

adjective

having or showing buoyancy

Etymology: < ? Sp boyante < boyar, to float

buoy′·antly adverb

modif.

Light in weight
floating, floatable, weightless, unsinkable; see floating, light 5.
Light in spirits
jaunty, jovial, cheerful, resilient; see happy 1, lively 2, sprightly.

Preposition: at

moment: The domestic market appears buoyant at the moment, also growing 8 per cent over the year.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

keep: To keep sales buoyant during flat periods in my shop I had a regular market slot ( God love Bromley North Market!
make: The engine room was pumped out to make the craft buoyant, ready for the final trip in to the Humber.

Modifies a noun

plume: Figure 23: Sketch of a buoyant plume rising in the absence of a background wind.
ascent: At the time of the buoyant ascent the computer had ' cleared ' .
mood: Get a crew cut Category: Today's thought I left my house today in buoyant mood.
jet: There are many similar cases of polluted buoyant jets in the atmosphere, where the same mixing processes occur.
economy: The point is to maintain the buoyant economy, referred to earlier, which will provide jobs.
lift: The second dive involved a ' slightly fast buoyant lift ' .

Modifying Another Word

neutrally: Nick Bennet's surveying tool lives in a long, neutrally buoyant tube held at arms length from the diver.
negatively: You do need negatively buoyant cylinders to combat the positive buoyancy of all your insulation.
positively: My pack feels like air, or perhaps positively buoyant.
relatively: Domestic demand maintained relatively buoyant with UK high street sales growing at 5.6 % .
extremely: Notwithstanding the recent wins, our pipeline of new sales prospects remains extremely buoyant.
fairly: Good news larger businesses seem fairly buoyant with some growth in trade.

Used with adjective complement

remain: Activity remained buoyant with a 6.9 % increase in traffic on 5.6 % higher capacity.
become: Air only - term used to describe a life jacket that only becomes buoyant upon filling with gas.
feel: By this time we'd all had some whiz and were once again feeling buoyant.
keep: This fish does not have a swim bladder, the device used by most bony fish to keep buoyant.
seem: Good news larger businesses seem fairly buoyant with some growth in trade.

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