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brisk
[ brisk ]
adjective
- quick and active; lively:
brisk trading;
a brisk walk.
Synonyms: alert, energetic, spry
Antonyms: languid
- sharp and stimulating: brisk wind.
brisk weather;
brisk wind.
- (of liquors) effervescing vigorously:
brisk cider.
I was surprised by her rather brisk tone.
verb (used with or without object)
- to make or become brisk; liven (often followed by up ).
brisk
/ brɪsk /
adjective
- lively and quick; vigorous
trade was brisk
a brisk walk
- invigorating or sharp
brisk weather
verb
- often foll by up to enliven; make or become brisk
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Derived Forms
- ˈbriskly, adverb
- ˈbriskness, noun
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Other Words From
- brisk·ly adverb
- brisk·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brisk1
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Example Sentences
The cloud infrastructure market kept growing at a brisk pace last quarter, as the pandemic continued to push more companies to the cloud with offices shut down in much of the world.
Each highlights natural beauty and plenty of opportunities to get outside for some fresh — and potentially brisk — air.
Inside, with humans pushed to the edges, goods-hauling AVs rocket down alleys too narrow for humans at three times the pace of a brisk walk.
In late 2019, more than 400 Nike employees decided that rather than head to their desks on a brisk December morning, that they would instead take up signs and picket their own employer.
Begin with a short jog, brisk walk, jump-rope session, or vigorous house chores followed by arm and leg swings to get the blood moving and the muscles loosened.
The Wall Street Journal is helping marketers manage the rapid pace of change by building products that help get branded content campaigns out at a brisk pace.
The Spire, like most fountains, has the basics -- Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist, Brisk Iced Tea and SoBe Lifewater.
The voting was brisk although not as much compared to recent elections, locals said.
Opt for a brisk 20-minute walk around the park to get your blood pumping.
In the fetal position, she begins shivering from the brisk wind.
There was brisk vehicular traffic all along the road, and most of it German.
At a brisk, 90 minutes, Gravity is a master class not just in technical achievement, but in judicious editing.
Meanwhile, thanks to emerging markets, especially India and China, global emissions are rising at a brisk clip.
Been really brisk, man, especially since that thing in Connecticut.
If we are not yet having full-scale runs on Cypriot banks, we've at least worked up to a pretty brisk jog.
We set off at a brisk pace, in our socks, though poor, glasses-less Témoris had to be led by hand.
And houses are being subdivided into apartments at a pretty brisk clip.
The lights were all out, but the shop was doing a brisk business, using calculators to ring people up for buckets and tape.
Mortgage rates are low and mortgage origination is happening at a brisk clip.
Teachers led them in brisk, mostly stationary, calisthenics.
At a brisk two minutes a page, that's about 250 hours of reading.
And when he finally gets home from the office after a brisk walk, he takes more business calls until 9p.
People magazine will only say that the sales of Berry's recent cover were brisk.
As we gird our national loins for the mid-term elections in November, here is a brisk primer on the movement.
Granted, this is “moderate exercise,” which is defined as something akin to a leisurely bike ride or a brisk hour-long walk.
Gillibrand exclaims, punctuating her eruption with a brisk swat to my kneecap.
I'll tell you about Navarino, Punch, when we go for walks together; and you must n't touch the ship, because she's the Brisk.
She is a model of the Brisk—the little Brisk that was sore exposed that day at Navarino.
She pressed her hands tighter upon her bosom; her eyes sparkled with an odd approval of that brisk deed.
The light Italian looked what he assumed; a brisk, active muleteer, full of life and merriment.
At the critical moment of the Austrian counter-attack at Dego, Lannes cleared the village by a brisk bayonet charge.
Miss Jewett was speaking in her brisk, working voice; the troubled face had become alight.
Marius, without further heeding him, stepped to mademoiselle's door and rapped on a panel with brisk knuckles.
Brisk and cheerful, he brought life and gaiety with him wherever he went, and all agreed that Jacob Worse was a fine old fellow.
She is, no doubt, utterly unaware of the real identity of this brisk, hard-working doctor.
The two women disappeared indoors, and Mirrable turned homewards at a brisk pace.
There were brisk sales and crowds of people all day, with the probability of greater crowds and brisker sales in the evening.
"I'll get my coat and hat," Sara Lee said, and proceeded to do so in a brisk and businesslike fashion.
The sale of diplomatic secrets is a brisk one in my own country, or how would so many of our poor aristocracy live?
It is a slow process, as a brisk fire would consume the wood without yielding tar.
Not a sail, from verge to verge, not a smoke-bank—just a dead and empty solitude, in place of all that brisk and breezy life.
The cart was moving at a brisk pace despite the apparently leisurely movements of the dak between the shafts.
There was another booth of rather a singular kind—a temporary pawnbroker's, and who appeared to have a good brisk trade.
I shall always remember his brisk, cordial ways and the essential goodness which he showed me whenever we met with gratitude.
There was no appearance of business, not even of a brisk retail, or of a lively thoroughfare.
Many who did not find the early morning air too brisk camped out on steamer chairs outside.
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