briskly

American  

[brisk-lee] / ˈbrɪsk li /

adverb

1. in a quick, active, or vigorous way.

   Health experts recommend walking briskly for at least 30 minutes a day.

   Faroese music seems to sell briskly in Iceland.

2. in a sharp and stimulating way.

   The wind was blowing briskly as we started out on our early morning hike.

3. in an abrupt or curt way.

   When we finally finished eating, the irritated guards briskly yanked away our trays and stormed out.

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Etymology

Origin of briskly

brisk ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

The single opens with the sound of jingle bells being briskly rung.

From Salon

It’s a briskly constructed series in a frosty setting and explores issues about which the nonhunter and nonfarmer might be unaware.

From The Wall Street Journal

Services revenue continues to grow briskly, leveraging the more than 2.3 billion Apple devices being used by customers.

From Barron's

"What are you going to have? A lolly?" she was filmed saying, briskly.

From BBC

“As Agatha Swanburne often said, ‘Mind your business, for if you don’t, who will?’” she replied briskly, when the girls dared to ask about her travels.

From Literature

Related Words

• nimbly
• rapidly
• vigorously