Briskness
['brisknis]
Definition
(n.) Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity; effervescence.
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Examples
- Nay, he made this foil of his so very widely known, that third parties took it up, and handled it on some occasions with considerable briskness. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- To which the Aged replied with great briskness, before saying that he gave, All right, John, all right, my boy! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I got up from the meal, saying with a sort of briskness, as if it had only just occurred to me, Well! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And, with that, aunty gave George a nudge with her finger, designed to be immensely facetious, and turned again to her griddle with great briskness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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