refreshingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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For American moviegoers, it feels refreshingly original, though the same story was previously filmed in Spain, Italy, Switzerland, France and South Korea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The setup process is refreshingly simple — download, log in and hit the Quick Connect button.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
The idea that AI won’t cannibalize artists and their work on a massive scale is refreshingly utopian, but in many ways so was the fair itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
There isn’t anywhere else that one can walk into and immediately satisfy the social instinct among a convivial and refreshingly diverse clientele in what is becoming an increasingly homogenized locality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
He did not love the house itself; he thought it was rather ugly and looked neither charmingly old nor refreshingly new.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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