Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of refreshment; refreshing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of power to refresh; refreshing.
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- adjective Full of power to
refresh ;refreshing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective imparting vitality and energy
Etymologies
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Examples
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I find it to be refreshful and quite enlightening.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Suing Over Spilled Milk-a-What? 2010
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I find it to be refreshful and quite enlightening.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Suing Over Spilled Milk-a-What? 2010
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Farewell to all my friends, whose company hath been refreshful to me in my pilgrimage.
Lay Morals 2005
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Imperative, refreshful as dawn-dew -- for any of the baser goods that we call real.
A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 Humphry Ward 1885
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They may seem to be as much forgotten as the drops of rain which fall into the barren sea, but each rain-drop adds to the volume of refreshful and purifying waters.
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Farewell to all my friends, whose company hath been refreshful to me in my pilgrimage.
Lay Morals Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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He saw the abyss she had aided him in escaping; and it was refreshful to look abroad after his desperate impulse.
Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868
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He saw the abyss she had aided him in escaping; and it was refreshful to look abroad after his desperate impulse.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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He saw the abyss she had aided him in escaping; and it was refreshful to look abroad after his desperate impulse.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868
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And here Eden would lie down at full length on the soft grass, and doze quietly, while the gentle breeze lifted his fair hair from his forehead with refreshful coolness; or he would listen while Walter read to him some stirring ballad or pleasant tale.
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