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refreshing
(re|fresh|ing)
Pronunciation:
/rɪˈfrɛʃɪŋ/
adjective
serving to refresh or reinvigorate someone:
a refreshing drink
welcome or stimulating because new or different:
it
makes a refreshing change
to be able to write about something nice
her directness is refreshing
Derivatives
refreshingly
adverb
[
as submodifier
]
:
a refreshingly different concept
[
sentence adverb
]
:
refreshingly, the party’s current spokesman is very frank
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