refreshingly

An adverb used to describe something that is pleasantly different or new, often in a way that feels invigorating or restores energy. It can modify adjectives to indicate a welcome contrast to what is usual or expected.

• 🇵🇹Advérbio usado para descrever algo que se destaca de forma agradável ou nova, muitas vezes de um jeito que parece revigorante ou revigorante. Pode modificar adjetivos, indicando um contraste desejável com o habitual ou esperado.

1. In a way that relieves fatigue B2 formal

   In a manner that restores energy, vitality, or a feeling of being renewed.

   • The cool breeze blew refreshingly through the open window.
   • She drank the water refreshingly after the long run.
   • The scent of pine filled the air refreshingly.

   🇵🇹Refrescante

   Antônimos: wearily

2. In a pleasantly novel manner B2 formal

   In a way that is pleasantly new, different, or invigorating.

   • His honesty was refreshingly direct.
   • The design of the building was refreshingly modern.
   • Her approach to the problem was refreshingly original.

   🇵🇹De forma refrescantemente nova

   Antônimos: predictablytediouslyunoriginally

• more refreshingly comparative form
• most refreshingly superlative form