refreshingly

Etymology

From refreshing + -ly.

adv

  1. In a refreshing manner.
    a refreshingly original film in which the villain defeated the hero
    The trade wind blows refreshingly cool across the Point, clearing it of mosquitoes and singing an eternal psalm in the fronds of the coconut palms. 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 57
    In a refreshingly honest introduction, it recognised that the hardest part of any strategy is making it happen. December 2 2020, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76

Attribution / Disclaimer All definitions come directly from Wiktionary using the Wiktextract library. We do not edit or curate the definitions for any words, if you feel the definition listed is incorrect or offensive please suggest modifications directly to the source (wiktionary/refreshingly), any changes made to the source will update on this page periodically.