[
UK
/ɹɪfɹˈɛʃɪŋli/
]
[ US /ɹiˈfɹɛʃɪŋɫi/ ]
[ US /ɹiˈfɹɛʃɪŋɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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in a pleasantly novel manner
she was refreshingly free from shyness -
in a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality
the air was refreshingly cool
How To Use refreshingly In A Sentence
- While no one disputes Ahola's ability to lift 900 pounds, some have found his performance refreshingly unpracticed, others off-puttingly amateurish.
- ‘There were seven misquotes, 32 errors of fact,’ he says, overlooking his own book's refreshingly loose association with accepted English grammar and punctuation.
- There's also a cloying crème brûlée made with semolina, and a refreshingly chalky caramel parfait on a bed of thinly sliced stewed pears.
- The champagne cream sauce was refreshingly light and brought out the best of my wife's salmon filet.
- the air was refreshingly cool
- It's a refreshingly candid stance, and one that feels very now. Times, Sunday Times
- Something refreshingly ditzy from the Spanish master, set on a plane heading for turmoil. Times, Sunday Times
- The air is still warm, but refreshingly clear.
- Thanks again for your refreshingly clear-headed analyses.
- He is a refreshingly normal kind of genius.