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buoyantly

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buoy·ant  (boint, bynt)
adj.
1. Having or marked by buoyancy: a buoyant balloon; buoyant spirits.
2. Lighthearted; gay: in a buoyant mood.
[Spanish boyante, present participle of boyar, to refloat a boat, from boya, buoy, from Old French boue; see buoy.]
buoyant·ly adv.
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Adv.1.buoyantly - in a cheerfully buoyant manner; "we accepted the opportunity buoyantly"
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From the verdant surfaces of the large stones that lay scattered about, the natives were now sliding off into the water, diving and ducking beneath the surface in all directions--the young girls springing buoyantly into the air, and revealing their naked forms to the waist, with their long tresses dancing about their shoulders, their eyes sparkling like drops of dew in the sun, and their gay laughter pealing forth at every frolicsome incident.
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As these commenced to revolve the ship took up its journey once more, riding the new element as buoyantly and as safely as she had the air.
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Be that as it may, the fact is that I marched buoyantly behind my guide straight into the jaws of death.
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