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BRISKLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a brisk manner

Example:

'after lunch,' she said briskly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

brisk (quick and energetic)

Credits

 Context examples: 

"Right y'are, sir," he said briskly.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"Here I am, bag and baggage," she said briskly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Lord John Roxton steps briskly, and his thin, eager face beams forth between his hunting-cap and his muffler.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They passed briskly down Pulteney Street, and through Laura Place, without the exchange of many words.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

The stranger walked heavily and with a measured stride, while the English knight advanced as briskly as though there was no iron shell to weigh down the freedom of his limbs.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Would you like to be taught Latin?” I said briskly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

There was a breathless hush as Harrison, Wilson, Belcher, and Dutch Sam walked very briskly into the centre of the ring.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Among the results, participants in the whole-grain group lost approximately 100 more calories per day than refined-grain eaters—the equivalent of walking briskly for 30 minutes, notes Roberts.

(Whole Grains Deliver on Health Benefits, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Just before nine o’clock Sherlock Holmes stepped briskly into the room.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As soon as I remembered I was not defenceless, courage glowed again in my heart and I set my face resolutely for this man of the island and walked briskly towards him.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)