1
: keenly alert : lively
a brisk old lady with no nonsense about her—
Jean Stafford
Jean Stafford2
a
: pleasingly tangy
brisk tea
b
: fresh, invigorating
a brisk autumn day
3
: sharp in tone or manner
was very brisk on the phone
briskly
adverb
briskness
noun
brisked; brisking; brisks
: to make animated, energetic, or marked by much activity : to make brisk
: to become brisk
—usually used with up
business brisked up
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Examples of brisk in a Sentence
Adjective
She answered the phone in a brisk voice.
They went for a brisk walk in the woods.
She walked at a brisk pace.
Business is brisk at the store.
There is a brisk market in old movie posters.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
Roll down the windows and breathe in the brisk, salty air.
—Tim Zientek, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
As in all Taycans, a two-speed automatic transmission on the rear axle enables brisk off-the-line acceleration and more efficient high-speed cruising.
—Nelson Ireson, Car and Driver, 27 Apr. 2021
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Adjective
The brisk pace of crime-solving leaves more time for this episode to stretch out a bit with the ongoing plot strands of Captain Wagner’s concerns about workplace morale and his team’s perception of him as a leader, and Kaya and Elsbeth’s friendship.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
Roll down the windows and breathe in the brisk, salty air.
—Tim Zientek, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
The flag and the extreme shift in my environment from humid deep-summer East Coast to brisk and cool saltwater breezes carrying the promise and vague threat of glaciers seemed to confirm it.
—Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
As in all Taycans, a two-speed automatic transmission on the rear axle enables brisk off-the-line acceleration and more efficient high-speed cruising.
—Nelson Ireson, Car and Driver, 27 Apr. 2021
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“Brisk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brisk. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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