Talk:refreshing

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refreshing

Is this sense, "Serving to refresh." not redundant following "That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy." ? If not, the meaning is not clear and it ought to be stated more specifically. Haplogy (話) 05:29, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

I found "It sets the refreshing frame rate to 30 frames per second" (referring to computer displays) but IMO the verb covers that adequately. Equinox ◑ 18:24, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Keep but reword to clarify and add example sentences or example phrases such as "refreshing drink" and "refreshing change". The definition used in the sense is the 1st sense from AHD[1]. Multiple dictionaries have two adjectival senses. AHD has two adjectival senses[2]; MWO has two adjectival senses in the blue box but one sense using the "especially" technique below the blue box[3]; Collins has two adjectival senses[4]; Macmillan has two senses[5]. The first sense that we currently have seems to require splitting or pruning: "That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy." The contrast seems to be between "refreshing drink", and "refreshing change". --Dan Polansky (talk) 09:31, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Kept; I added a caveat to the second sense that it is particularly in reference to screens and browsers, and provided a citation. Further adjustment as needed is perhaps beyond the scope of RfV. bd2412 T 20:06, 30 September 2014 (UTC)