briskness
UK/ˈbɹɪsk.nəs/
briskness noun: the property of being brisk.
Noun
briskness (usually uncountable, plural brisknesses)
- The property of being brisk.
- [John] Evelyn was astonished at the immense number of pictures he saw in the Dutch fairs. He attributes the briskness of the trade in paintings to the necessary limitations of the country. The farmer or the citizen of sea-locked Holland, unable to lay out his gains on tracts of land, found a medium...1857 October, R. A. V., “Art History”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume LVI, number CCCXXXIV, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, West Strand, →OCLC, page 500, column 1
- During this first winter Thea got no city consciousness. Chicago was simply a wilderness through which one had to find one's way. She felt no interest in the general briskness and zest of the crowds. The crash and scramble of that big, rich, appetent Western city she did not take in at all, except...1915 October, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter V, in The Song of the Lark, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC, part II (The Song of the Lark), page 193
briskness meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
briskness in Tamil
- துருதுருப்பு, சுறுசுறுப்பு, சுறுக்கு, குறுகுறுப்பு, நொய்தெனல்
briskness in Urdu
- پھرتی
briskness in Bengali
- briskness
- চঞ্চলতা concolota
briskness in Kannada
- ಚುರುಕುತನ
Examples of briskness in a sentence
- He attributes the briskness of the trade in paintings to the necessary limitations of the country.1857 October, R. A. V., “Art History”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume LVI, number CCCXXXIV, London: John W[illiam]...
- She felt no interest in the general briskness and zest of the crowds.1915 October, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter V, in The Song of the Lark, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC...
- Briskness, he had decided, was the one common characteristic of all successful businessmen.1959 November 20, Roald Dahl, "The Landlady", archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023:
Forms of briskness
| plural | brisknesses |
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Origin of briskness
From brisk + -ness.
Questions about briskness
- What does briskness mean?
- Briskness means the property of being brisk.
- What is briskness in Tamil?
- Briskness in Tamil is துருதுருப்பு, சுறுசுறுப்பு, சுறுக்கு. See Briskness meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use briskness in a sentence?
- He attributes the briskness of the trade in paintings to the necessary limitations of the country.
- What part of speech is briskness?
- Briskness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce briskness?
- Briskness is pronounced /ˈbɹɪsk.nəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of briskness?
- The plural of briskness is brisknesses.
Words near briskness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: briskness (page history and authors); briskness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); briskness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); চঞ্চলতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); briskness (Kannada 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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