say it: ree-FRESH-ing-lee
refreshingly is an adverb meaning "in a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality". It carries 2 recorded senses.
in a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality
“the air was refreshingly cool”
in a pleasantly novel manner
“she was refreshingly free from shyness”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for refreshingly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.