adverb
definition
Fast, quickly, swiftly.
Examples of briskly in a Sentence
He turned and walked briskly back to the market.
Number one jumped briskly aside.
He knocked on the door briskly and opened the door, motioning Brady in.
She brushed the dog's fur rather harshly and briskly.
Around the cannon the men moved still more briskly and busily.
And the count stepped as briskly back into the room and slammed the door behind him.
The mother smoothed the folds of her dyed silk dress before a large Venetian mirror in the wall, and in her trodden-down shoes briskly ascended the carpeted stairs.
The trade with the interior is also carried on very briskly, especially at the twenty-six fairs, the chief of which are Balta and Yarmolintsy.
He took off his hat and held it upside down, shaking it briskly.
He entered briskly, with a jerk at every step and his head slightly thrown back.
Dean rubbed and blotted Cynthia Byrne's body briskly with the towel and wrapped her head turban-like in a smaller one.
Presently he woke up, rose to a sitting position and rubbed his eyes briskly.
He felt this in the looks of the soldiers who, marching in regular ranks briskly and gaily, were escorting him and the other criminals; he felt it in the looks of an important French official in a carriage and pair driven by a soldier, whom they met on the way.
The horse cantered briskly along, and king and boy were soon quite well acquainted.
Alpatych went up to a large crowd standing before a high barn which was blazing briskly.
This can include walking briskly, jogging or using exercise equipment such as an elliptical trainer.
The temperature is moderated by the north-east trade winds, which, somewhat modified by local conditions, blow throughout the year, briskly during the day and more mildly during the night.
Our advanced line, already in action, could be heard briskly exchanging shots with the enemy in the dale.
Walking briskly is best, but a mother should never walk to exhaustion.
Wait a few minutes until the mixture appears to have a mud-like consistency, then combine the two halves and briskly shake the egg to make sure the chalk is completely mixed.
With clearly visible anger they moved briskly to remove the peaceful demonstrators.
Begin by rubbing your hands briskly together until they begin to feel warm.
And he jerked away his plate, which Tikhon briskly caught.
As I was bound for the south I strode forward briskly in that direction.
Point of sale operations, the actual ringing up of the sale, needs to move fairly briskly if you don't want to lose sales.
His chocolate gaze scanned the room full of women uncomfortably as he walked toward her, his square-toed boots clicking briskly on the hardwood floor.
But the former Liberal leader walked briskly toward the steps of the town hall building and brushed aside questions about his possible resignation.
With his hands behind him he paced briskly from corner to corner of the room, looking straight before him and thoughtfully shaking his head.
Budget laptops have sold briskly since their introduction, meaning that companies are always introducing new laptops at lower price points.
At that moment Count Rostopchin with his protruding chin and alert eyes, wearing the uniform of a general with sash over his shoulder, entered the room, stepping briskly to the front of the crowd of gentry.