refreshingly
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3.9
- adverb
- /rɪˈfrɛʃɪŋli/
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sorprendentemente
- His perspective on the issue was refreshingly different from everyone else's.
- refreshingly bold in design
It was actually so refreshingly realistic.
- It was actually so refreshingly realistic.
- OK, first of all, Brad, it's refreshingly honest of you to say you're the people in Star Wars that were designed after the Nazis.
- And then on electric propulsion, I find it like much more refreshingly poorly understood.
- And although highly flawed like all of us are just a refreshingly honest, open, vulnerable, sensitive, caring and and really beautiful human.
Examples
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Both the company and its still-committed developers are refreshingly realistic about these challenges.
Blog text (33) -
Personally, I find this approach refreshingly conducive to learning something from just about any situation.
Blog text (5) -
I went into the Good Men Project the first time expecting to find something refreshingly different.
Blog text (29) -
But in fact, Jeff has a refreshingly honest attitude to his failures.
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- You are refreshingly honest, Mr. Conrad.
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His emotions, however, were refreshingly free from restraint.
Fiction book (1994) -
David's presentation, I think, is refreshingly honest about the things we know and the things we don't know.
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The past decade has seen some refreshingly serious and provocative dialogue among observers and students of educational leadership.
Academic text (1999) -
In "ParaNorman," Butler, Fell, and company have crafted a refreshingly enjoyable bit of family entertainment.
Blog text (2) -
Far from sounding old-fashioned, her expressions now struck me as something refreshingly new.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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6.0
In a fresh way that makes you feel more awake
In a way that makes you feel less tired and full of energy
In a way that gives energy and makes someone feel fresh
Compounds
How Refreshing
Surface Forms
Morphology
refreshingly = refreshing (transparent) = refresh + ing + ly
Formed by a standard adverbial suffix '-ly' attached to the adjective 'refreshing', conveying the expected adverbial meaning.
Etymology
The word refreshingly comes from refresh, which is built on fresh meaning 'new' or 'cool'. To refresh is 'to make fresh again', so when something is done refreshingly it feels pleasantly new or energizing.