Briskly

Word BRISKLY
Character 7
Hyphenation brisk ly
Pronunciations /ˈbɹɪskli/

Definitions and meanings of "Briskly"

What do we mean by briskly?

Fast, quickly, swiftly.

Brisk is one of those delightful words that sounds like what it means: quick, lively, bracing, and refreshing. There's nothing like a brisk walk in the morning to get the blood flowing and the spirit ready for the day. Anything brisk is happening quickly but not too fast. Urban Dictionary

A phrase which is used to emphasise how much the speaker wishes not to do or take part in some activity, used as a response to a suggestion or request. Comedic value is gained from the over emphasis of how much the person would not like to do said activity. May have origins in a quote from the popular computer game "The Curse of Monkey Island" released on Windows 9x Murray: You may call me ‘Murray’! I am a powerful demonic force! I am the harbinger of your doom! And the forces of darkness will applaud me as I stride through the Gates of Hell – carrying your head on a pike! Urban Dictionary

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The word "briskly" in example sentences

English tells the title briskly, in chapters alternately narrated by Alais and Eleanor. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She walked in briskly and slapped her briefcase down across the table from where I was sitting. ❋ Unknown (2007)

“Babalatchi,” he called briskly, giving him a slight kick. ❋ Unknown (2006)

When they had eaten every scrap of the eel, and Fidel had finished the bones, the little old woman rose briskly from the bank, washed her pan in the river, packed it in her basket again, and led the way up the path to the highway once more. ❋ Unknown (1917)

IT was nearly four in the afternoon when the sentry on post number one called briskly: ❋ Unknown (1895)

She came in briskly, and shutting the door behind her advanced to the bedside. ❋ Unknown (1892)

And so he called briskly to Gabriel, who meantime had reseated himself on his bench: ❋ Evaleen Stein (1893)

"Babalatchi," he called briskly, giving him a slight kick. ❋ Joseph Conrad (1890)

But when El Sabio, after much coaxing, crossed the gang-plank between the boat and the pier, and so came to where he could be seen of all plainly, there was a curious low sound in the air as though all at once every man in the crowd had heaved a sigh; and the sound swelled into a loud murmur as Pablo, in obedience to a quick order that I gave him in Spanish, briskly mounted upon the ass's back. ❋ Thomas Allibone Janvier (N/A)

What we once were assumed to know ourselves, if we affected to be upstanding people, and could always count on parents, pastors and cops to call briskly to our attention if we didn't, is now believed to be beyond our own power of comprehension. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He called briskly, ‘Frank, go and get coffee, and let us breakfast IN SPLENDOUR.’ ❋ Unknown (2004)

THE SS OFFICER stood to the side and called briskly, Ready! ❋ Dana Kramer-Rolls (2000)

In fishing the Minnow, if in still, deep water, let it sink a little at first, then draw it quickly towards you, making the bait spin well and briskly, which is effected by the swivel. ❋ R Lakeland (N/A)

Behind Master Rababull, Prut called briskly for several of his men to come and pick up Habrunt. ❋ Roland Jon Cheney (N/A)

So one day the Little Red Hen chanced to notice how large the Wheat was and that the grain was ripe, so she ran about calling briskly: ❋ Florence White Williams (1926)

He called briskly, 'Frank, go and get coffee, and let us breakfast in splendour.' ❋ Boswell, James, 1740-1795 (1887)

Mr. Walton drew a long breath of immeasurable relief, and then called briskly to ❋ Edward Payson Roe (1863)

He called briskly for pen, ink and paper, and suggested opening the campaign at Thorpe Ambrose by to-night's post. ❋ Wilkie Collins (1856)

He called briskly, 'Frank, go and get coffee, and let us breakfast _in splendour_.' ❋ James Boswell (1767)

He called briskly, 'Frank, go and get coffee, and let us breakfast IN ❋ James Boswell (1767)

She briskly [stroked] her [pussy]... [cat]. ❋ Anthraxxis (2015)

I would rather walk briskly through the gates of hell than [attend] [a Justin] [Bieber] concert. ❋ Elthrin (2013)

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