Brisk
[brɪsk]
Definition
(verb.) become brisk; 'business brisked up'.
(adj.) very active; 'doing a brisk business' .
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Definition
(a.) Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
(a.) Full of spirit of life; effervesc/ng, as liquors; sparkling; as, brick cider.
(v. t. & i.) To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up.
Editor: Ramon
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Active, lively, smart, agile, nimble, quick, smart, alert, spry, spirited, vivacious, sprightly.
Edited by Lancelot
Definition
adj. full of life and spirit: active: sharp: effervescing as liquors.—v.t. to enliven freshen.—v.i. to cheer up.—adjs. Brisk′ish Brisk′y (Shak.).—adv. Brisk′ly.—n. Brisk′ness.
Typist: Terrence
Examples
- The whole family were quick, brisk, loud-talking, kind-hearted, and not troubled with much delicacy of perception. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- They were not unlike birds, altogether; having a sharp, brisk, sudden manner, and a little short, spruce way of adjusting themselves, like canaries. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I've been working away at mathematics till my head is in a muddle, and I'm going to freshen my wits by a brisk turn. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The front garden-gate clanked, and the Secretary was seen coming at a brisk pace up the steps. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You don't seem very brisk, Ma,' retorted Lavvy the bold. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Malbrook is introduced at the beginning of the performance, as indicative of the brisk advance of the French army. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The brisk little crutch-stick was but too brisk. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am glad of it, said he, in a much brisker tone, and throwing down the newspaper again, for I am tired to death. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The sound of her iron shoes upon the hard road was quite musical, as she came along at a much brisker trot than usual. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She came down ready equipped, in a brisker mood than usual. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Phineas seemed, on the whole, the briskest of the company, and beguiled his long drive with whistling certain very unquaker-like songs, as he went on. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In half an hour we had reached Pitt Street, a quiet little backwater just beside one of the briskest currents of London life. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Morton