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I've recently come across the following two definitions of 浮く in two different
stories:

  * Being cheerful, happy (in context the character was happy about spending time with friend and telling her それでちょっと浮かれてるのかもね？)
  * Feeling out of place, unsteady (in context the character was feeling bad about being ostracized by others and his friend was asking what was going on because 見るから浮いてるもん)

What's the origin of these two seemingly opposite meanings?
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Origin of seemingly opposite figurative meanings of 浮く
Your two examples use two different words -- 浮【う】かれる and 浮【う】く.
Derivationally, they're cognate, but these aren't the same term. See [the
Kotobank page](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B5%AE-614915) (in Japanese), for
instance.

In terms of meaning, it might help to consider 浮【う】く as _" to float; to remain
unsettled"_ and 浮【う】かれる as _" to be buoyed up [especially regarding mood]"_.
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