bracingly
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6.0
- adverb
- /ˈbreɪsɪŋli/
:
refrescantemente
- To write of this when I had not lived before with someone in this way still strikes me as bracingly familiar.
- bracingly cold
Examples
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The TLM is bracingly the latter, which people can find "boring" if they don't realize what's really going on.
Blog text (20) -
"You're not dying," I say, bracingly.
Blog text (14) -
"Well, that's that," she said bracingly, lifting the dress off.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then he stands and places his hand warmly, bracingly on Bill Spiecher's frail shoulder.
Fiction book (1998) -
They take shape from elemental geometric forms, and they draw the viewer into a bracingly direct relationship with the object being viewed.
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These scenes were too bracingly human for the mythmaker who had wrapped her husband's presidency in the ribbons of Camelot.
Academic text (2011) -
(For a bracingly nasty recent example of the latter, check out think tanker Evgeny Morozov's recent New Republic evisceration of the TED ethos.)
Blog text (12) -
The air was bracingly crisp, a caution to keep moving.
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A high, bright sun was sending down just about zero warmth through the bracingly crisp air.
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Plenty of oven-baked dishes are worth romanticizing, especially during a bracingly cold winter.
Synonyms
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3.9
In a way that feels pleasantly new and lively
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6.4
In a way that makes you feel very happy and full of energy
In a way that gives energy and makes someone feel fresh
In a way that makes you feel less tired and full of energy
In a way that makes people more interested or excited
How Invigorating
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bracingly comes from brace, which means 'to make strong' and you can see this in the everyday phrase brace yourself. So, something described as bracingly gives a quick, 'refreshing' feeling that makes you more awake or ready.