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

Prices rose briskly in January and are on track to increase sharply in February.

From MarketWatch

The derivatives also imply inflation will fall briskly thereafter, to 2.44% in the following 12 months.

From The Wall Street Journal

Joseph Jr. — a wiry 22-year-old with a head full of curly dark brown hair — runs briskly toward the goal line with a black cast on his left arm.

From Los Angeles Times

‘Yes, our cousins from Rotterdam,’ Auntie said briskly.

From Literature

“I’m not head of story, that’s Ken Mok,” Banks briskly answers when a producer presses her to talk about that chapter, while an intertitle identifies her as the show’s creator and executive producer.

From Salon

Related Words

• nimbly
• rapidly
• vigorously