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Etymology

Etymology tree English refreshing Middle English -ly English -ly English refreshingly From refreshing + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a refreshing manner.
   • 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. 2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76:
   • Notwithstanding that episode, this film is refreshingly low on scatological gags and other gross-out humor, preferring all-purpose bad jokes to bathroom ones. 1993 May 21, Janet Maslin, “From 'Rambo' to Rodham, Smirking All the Way”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2020, retrieved 22 Apr 2014:
   • a refreshingly original film in which the villain defeated the hero

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