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In some senses, buoyancy is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
Resilience or cheerfulness.
With how much lighter a step, with how much brighter an eye, did Francesca wander through the forest, even in the last desolation of autumn, than she did in all the bloom and buoyancy of spring!