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refreshing

adjective
 
 
/rɪˈfreʃ.ɪŋ/

Definition

C1 making you feel less hot or tired: There's nothing more refreshing on a hot day than a cold beer.CoolEnergetic and lively C1 pleasantly different and interesting: It's a refreshing change to see a losing team shaking hands and still smiling after a match.Unique and unusualGood, better and best in terms of qualityDifferent and difference refreshingly
 
 
/-li/ adverb
refreshingly cold waterfigurative a woman with refreshingly original ideasCoolEnergetic and lively
(Definition of refreshing adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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