in a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality
<adv.all> the air was refreshingly cool
in a pleasantly novel manner
<adv.all> she was refreshingly free from shyness
Refreshing \Re*fresh"ing\, a. Reviving; reanimating. -- {Re*fresh"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Re*fresh"ing*ness}, n.
Yesterday's move seemed refreshingly novel: the good news is that with luck Mr Clarke will not have to steel himself to do the same again for some time to come.
He describes it as 'a major classic' which was 'way ahead of its time' when published. Written in refreshingly plain English, it is a riveting read and brims with insight after insight.
All the recipes work and are refreshingly simple. There are two fish dishes with similar sauces - skate wing with a sherry vinegar sauce and savoy cabbage and turbot in cider vinegar sauce.
Will computers really become part of our psyche? Those who doubt it will find this an interesting story, well written in the American journalist's style and refreshingly free from jargon.
The Gartnerplatztheater's repertory is refreshingly offbeat (with Weill's Street Scene also on this month's programme), and the building itself is a jewel.
She is stylistically somewhat outdated, but refreshingly so.
Nevertheless, this is a refreshingly jargon-free and easily digestible analysis of one of America's most important recent corporate rescues.
John Roberts, chief executive of Chester-based distributor Manweb, is refreshingly honest about the industry's motives.