Freshness
['frɛʃnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel.
(noun.) the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated; 'she loved the freshness of newly baked bread'; 'the freshness of the air revived him'.
(noun.) an alert and refreshed state.
Edited by Laurence--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state of being fresh.
Inputed by Cecile
Examples
- In all the grandeur of these forests there is repose; in all their freshness there is tenderness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The old gentleman's undoubting, unquestioning simplicity has a rare freshness about it in these matter-of-fact railroading and telegraphing days. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I said; and Herbert came bursting in, with the airy freshness of six hundred miles of France upon him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Dorothea's entrance was the freshness of morning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Carpets thus treated regain their original colors in all their freshness, the entire operation of washing and drying a large carpet requiring but two hours, and the carpet need not be taken up. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He was confirmed in the opinion of its freshness by the cook, though she said there was a very slight tartness perceptible, by which she could distinguish it from fresh cream. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- But, one vacation, a wet day sent him to the small home library to hunt once more for a book which might have some freshness for him: in vain! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The freshness of her beauty was indeed gone, but its indescribable majesty and its indescribable charm remained. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, Behold! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- By compounding various colors in different proportions, new colors can be formed to give freshness and variety. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Come where there is some freshness, for a few moments, he said; that house is a mere dungeon: don't you feel it so? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The exquisite freshness of the air made the mere act of living and breathing a luxury. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But the phrase is also used to mean ruts, routine ways, with loss of freshness, open-mindedness, and originality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Cherries are sometimes bleached and then colored with the bright shades which under natural conditions indicate freshness. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The last inconvenience would soon have become intolerable, had I not found means to open and prop up the skylight, thus admitting some freshness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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