Standard Lemma guide

briskly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɹɪskli/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪskli
  • CMU ARPABET: B R IH1 S K L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Fast, quickly, swiftly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in a brisk manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she walked briskly in the cold air
  • `after lunch,' she said briskly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English brisk Middle English -ly English -ly English briskly From brisk + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بخفَة — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Bulgarian: бързо (bǎrzo) — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Dutch: gezwind — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Esperanto: rapide — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Finnish: terhakkaasti — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Finnish: terhakasti — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Finnish: rivakasti — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Finnish: navakasti — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • French: vivement — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • German: forsch — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Norman: allègrément — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Portuguese: vivamente — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Russian: бы́стро (býstro) — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Spanish: con brío — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Spanish: brioso — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Spanish: rápido — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Spanish: enérgico — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Spanish: briosamente — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Swedish: raskt — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Swedish: snabbt — fast, quickly, swiftly
  • Urdu: تیز (tez) — fast, quickly, swiftly