bracingly

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adverb

In a bracing manner

“The wind was bracingly cold.”

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Meanings

adverbbracingly (comparative more bracingly, superlative most bracingly)

comparative more bracingly · superlative most bracingly

  1. In a bracing manner

    The wind was bracingly cold.

    1 more example

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

    2003, Kerry Greenwood, Death Before Wicket, →ISBN, page 129

Origin

From bracing + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

bracingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bracingly

MLA

“bracingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bracingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bracingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bracingly.

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