Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a refreshing manner; so as to refresh or give new life.
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- adverb In a
refreshing manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a pleasantly novel manner
- adverb in a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality
Etymologies
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Examples
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It can be hard to find an example of good old-fashioned storytelling these days, but storytelling, refreshingly, is Alice Hoffman's strength.
The River King: Summary and book reviews of The River King by Alice Hoffman. 2000
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And it’s all done in refreshingly gender-neutral fashion.
Outsiderism at the Game Developers Conference « PubliCola 2010
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The editors of LIScareer. com have assembled 95 authors, each of whom describes a "typical" workday or work routine, sharing joys, sorrows, and annoyances in refreshingly candid fashion ... "
April 2007 2007
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He is best known as a refreshingly candid and lucid security critic and commentator.
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The Economist as a "security guru," he is best known as a refreshingly candid and lucid security critic and commentator.
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The Economist as a "security guru," he is best known as a refreshingly candid and lucid security critic and commentator.
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It was that kind of refreshingly cool day that leads one to forget about the necessity of sunscreen.
Scott's Party at Mike and Cheryl's Calamity Jen 2007
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It was that kind of refreshingly cool day that leads one to forget about the necessity of sunscreen.
Archive 2007-09-01 Calamity Jen 2007
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"security guru," he is best known as a refreshingly candid and lucid security critic and commentator.
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They do, however, assure us that the book is written in Palin's "own refreshingly candid voice."
John Shore: Sarah Palin, the Truth Called. It Wants Its Book Back John Shore 2010
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