Meanings
adverbbriskly (comparative more briskly, superlative most briskly)
comparative more briskly · superlative most briskly
- Fast, quickly, swiftly.
`Now,' she said briksly, `you've heard all about the business. What type of personal service have you got in mind?'
1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 821 more example
As Ferguson strode briskly towards the Stretford End at the final whistle, he will have been reflecting on the extent of the challenge now facing him from the club he once branded "noisy neighbours".
2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, in BBC Sport
Origin
Translations
Arabic بخفَة
- بخفَةfast, quickly, swiftly
Bulgarian бързо
- бързо (bărzo)fast, quickly, swiftly
Dutch gezwind
- gezwindfast, quickly, swiftly
Esperanto rapide
- rapidefast, quickly, swiftly
Finnish terhakkaasti, terhakasti
- terhakkaastifast, quickly, swiftly
- terhakastifast, quickly, swiftly
- rivakastifast, quickly, swiftly
- navakastifast, quickly, swiftly
French vivement
- vivementfast, quickly, swiftly
German forsch
- forschfast, quickly, swiftly
Portuguese vivamente
- vivamentefast, quickly, swiftly
Russian бы́стро
- бы́стро (býstro)fast, quickly, swiftly
Spanish con brío, brioso
- con bríofast, quickly, swiftly
- briosofast, quickly, swiftly
- rápidofast, quickly, swiftly
- enérgicofast, quickly, swiftly
- briosamentefast, quickly, swiftly
Swedish raskt, snabbt
- rasktfast, quickly, swiftly
- snabbtfast, quickly, swiftly
Urdu تیز
- تیز (tez)fast, quickly, swiftly
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