briskly
/ˈbɹɪskli/
briskly adverb: fast, quickly, swiftly.
Adverb
briskly (comparative more briskly, superlative most briskly)
- Fast, quickly, swiftly.
- `Now,' she said briksly, `you've heard all about the business. What type of personal service have you got in mind?'1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 82
- 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".2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, in BBC Sport
briskly meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam and Arabic
briskly in Urdu
- fast, quickly, swiftly
- تیز tez
briskly in Telugu
- briskly, quickly
- చివ్వున civvuna
briskly in Malayalam
- വേഗം, ഉത്സാഹത്തോടെ
briskly in Arabic
- fast, quickly, swiftly
- بخفَة
Examples of briskly in a sentence
- To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.
- Her consultant had been matter of fact: 'Post-viral fatigue,' he had said briskly.
- “It's a pretty exact map for just antish things,” Owl said briskly.
Forms of briskly
| comparative | more briskly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most briskly |
Origin of briskly
From brisk + -ly.
Questions about briskly
- What does briskly mean?
- Briskly means fast, quickly, swiftly.
- What is briskly in Urdu?
- Briskly in Urdu is تیز (tez). See Briskly meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is briskly?
- Briskly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce briskly?
- Briskly is pronounced /ˈbɹɪskli/.
Words near briskly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: briskly (page history and authors); చివ్వున (Telugu) (page history and authors); briskly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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