BRISKLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does briskly mean? 

• BRISKLY (adverb)
  The adverb BRISKLY has 1 sense:

1. in a brisk manner

  Familiarity information: BRISKLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRISKLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a brisk manner

Context example:

'after lunch,' she said briskly

Pertainym:

brisk (quick and energetic)

 Context examples 

And Mr. Weston at the same time, walking briskly with long steps through the passage, was calling out, You talk a great deal of the length of this passage, my dear.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Morse spoke briskly, in matter-of-fact, businesslike tones.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

We had been walking briskly during this conversation, and a few more minutes brought us to the hollow in question.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She rose briskly from her chair with the anxiety all swept from her face.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Dispense with all the moral courage you can,” I said briskly.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Therefore the work was pushed on briskly.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Within a short time she was walking briskly toward the Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road-bed.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Wash for at least 20 seconds and rub your hands briskly.

(Germs and Hygiene, NIH)

The affected pupil will respond more briskly to accommodation than to light (light-near dissociation) and is supersensitive to dilute pilocarpine eye drops, which induce pupillary constriction.

(Holmes-Adie Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Then Clever Elsie took the pitcher from the wall, went into the cellar, and tapped the lid briskly as she went, so that the time might not appear long.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)