Brisk vs Briskly - What's the difference?
brisk | briskly |
Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
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Full of spirit of life; effervescing, as liquors; sparkling; as, brisk cider.
Stimulating or invigorating.
Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
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fast, quickly, swiftly
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As an adjective brisk
is full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.As a verb brisk
is to make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.As an adverb briskly is
fast, quickly, swiftly.brisk
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- We took a brisk walk yesterday.
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- This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving.
- Her manner was brisk, and her good-breeding scarcely concealed her conviction that if you were not a soldier you might as well be a counter-jumper.
See also
* brusqueExternal links
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English
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, page= , passage=As Ferguson strode briskly towards the Stretford End at the final whistle, he will have been reflecting on the extent of the challenge now facing him from the club he once branded "noisy neighbours".}}