refreshingly

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US /riːˈfrɛʃɪŋli/
adv Freq #56413

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a pleasantly novel manner

    I was refreshingly free from shyness after an hour on a nude beach.

  2. 2
    adv

    in a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality

    the air was refreshingly cool

  3. 3
    adv

    In a refreshing manner.

    a refreshingly original film in which the villain defeated the hero

Etymology

From refreshing + -ly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adv · in a manner that relieves... refreshfully

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