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• To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.From the entry walk
• Her consultant had been matter of fact: 'Post-viral fatigue,' he had said briskly.2022, Nicola Cornick, “Lucy”, in The Winter Garden, London: HQ, HarperCollins, →ISBN. From the entry long covid
• “It's a pretty exact map for just antish things,” Owl said briskly.2015, Valentine McKay-Riddell, The River Goddess and Other Stories: - Page 87. From the entry antish
• The unseen dragsman had laid a short and clear opening trail, and the hounds hunted it briskly.2010, Lyndon Stacey, Time to Pay, →ISBN, page 174. From the entry dragsman
• He was walking briskly toward the dormitorium, pounding his fist into his palm.2008, Alan Gordon, The Moneylender of Toulouse (A Fools’ Guild Mystery; 7), New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Minotaur, →ISBN, pages 115, 146…. From the entry dormitorium
• I walk briskly away from the howling child and the burly cop and the snickering shoppie.2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 105. From the entry spaza
• Howard strode briskly back through the living room with the hedge-clippers held at port arms.1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger. From the entry port arms
• Granville poised himself over a vast sirloin, stropped his knife briskly, then began to hack away ruthlessly.1974, James Herriot, Vet in Harness, page 201. From the entry prodigal
• And after dinner, with a kindly wink, she bade them accompany the Reverend, who briskly walked hallward.1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 4.7, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 102. From the entry -ward
• She rubbed her handglass briskly on her woollen vest against her full wagging bub.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[4]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry hand glass
• “My dear old lad,” he said, briskly, “this must be remedied!1920 March – 1921 February, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVIII, in Indiscretions of Archie, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi]…. From the entry wangle
• Then Susan said briskly, "Well, we must just gird up our loins and pitch in."1920, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 9, in Rilla of Ingleside. From the entry gird up one's loins
• The bags were obviously heavy but she carried them con brio, her back straight, her low heels clicking briskly.2011, Stephen King, chapter 20, in 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 442. From the entry con brio
• "There won't be a press avail," she explained briskly about Clinton's first stop at - where else - the Italian Market.1992 April 18, Craig R. McCoy, “A Campaign Juggernaut Jaunts Through Phila.”, in Philadelphia Inquirer, page A4. From the entry press avail
• He was trying to do everything briskly these days.1959 November 20, Roald Dahl, "The Landlady", archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023. From the entry briskness
• "Right you are; I'll put him wise," undertook Nickle briskly.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry circus
• Scrub the skin briskly with Helen Randle health soap, dry with a turkish towel, massage the skin with mulcified peanut oil.1934, Helen Gertrude Randle, The Proper Diet for Every Case of Impaired Health, page 210. From the entry mulcify
• Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps. From the entry solitary
• "I should suggest an alarum clock," he said briskly.1929, Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery. From the entry alarm clock
• “Cut that joshing out,” she said, coolly and briskly.1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Girl and the Habit”, in Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, New…. From the entry cut out
• But as the steady-eyed Canteen worker checked the time and briskly beckoned the next in line, he pressed no-nonsensely forward: "Two sausage rolls, please."2020, Steven Sater, Alice By Heart, page 261. From the entry no-nonsensely
• When asked (in connection with Aeneid VI) 'Do you think everyone ought to descend to the underworld?', he replies briskly, 'Certainly not!2010, P. Martin, Anne Rowe, Iris Murdoch: A Literary Life, page 84. From the entry katabasis
• You can ask for the egg to be brouillé, briskly scrambled on the hot galette, or miroir, left untouched to bake on top.2007, Anne Willan, “Potatoes, Pasta & Legumes—Good Things on the Side”, in The Country Cooking of France, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle…. From the entry galette
• He briskly flicked through the catalogue.2003, Phillip Scott, Gay Resort Murder Shock, Alyson Publishing, Page 155. From the entry chocker
• "Say, sport!" he would say briskly.1924 July, Ellis Butler, “The Little Tin Godlets”, in The Rotarian, volume 25, number 1, Rotary International, page 14. From the entry sport
• Yellow cabs whizzed past, horns blared and people didn’t stop moving as they walked briskly down the sidewalks with their steaming cups of macchiato, mobile phones and iPods.2014, Holly Martin, chapter 11, in One Hundred Proposals, Richard, Surrey: CARINA, Harlequin (UK) Limited, published 2015, →ISBN, page 190. From the entry macchiato
• And did his owner march slowly or drag his swimmerets briskly along through the one man’s Parisian dogturd that is the other man’s cutting-edge conceptual art?2004, Lucia Perillo, “To My Big Nose”, in Leelila Strogov, editor, Swink, number 1, Swink, Inc., →ISBN, page 71. From the entry dogturd

Meaning of briskly

1. adverb Fast, quickly, swiftly.

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Questions about briskly in a sentence

How do you use briskly in a sentence?

Briskly is used as an adverb. For example: “To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.”

What is a short sentence with briskly?

“"Say, sport!" he would say briskly.”

What does briskly mean?

Briskly means fast, quickly, swiftly.