adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb

1. 1
   In a bracing manner

   "The wind was bracingly cold."

Example

More examples

"'Now all you have to do is get better,' she said bracingly, not allowing any of the fear she felt ooze into her voice."

Etymology

From bracing + -ly.

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