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单词 briskly
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Definition of briskly in English:

briskly

adverb ˈbrɪskliˈbrɪskli
  • 1In an active, quick, or energetic way.

    she walked briskly into the building
    tickets have been selling briskly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With his use of the moving camera paired with visually compatible, we move briskly through the action.
    • She zipped up her jacket and briskly made her way across lawns and through alleys.
    • He is a master at briskly paced action movies.
    • The kite is lifted by about 20 boys and is carried briskly around the corner to the waiting truck.
    • The guard walks away briskly, passing us and not offering so much as a smile.
    • The three boys walked briskly on the sand.
    • The briskly defined lift of his baton is especially stimulating to the dancers.
    • Briskly running up the hillside, it shook its beautiful head and bowed it in respect before dashing off into the woods.
    • He does a good, workmanlike job with this, keeping the plot moving along briskly.
    • Some medieval romances were alive and well and selling briskly well into the 19th century.
    1. 1.1 In an impatient or brusque way.
      he replied briskly that no one at his school had ever gone truant
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I was speaking to him the way I would if I were training a dog—firmly, briskly, not cruelly.
      • When asked whether she has any disagreements Jean, she briskly snaps, "Absolutely not."
      • The court disposed of the argument briskly.
      • She deals briskly with the delusion that filling up your diary may give you the feeling that you have life under control.
      • "Come on. Now!" she said, briskly.
      • She remains briskly stoic even as the client's petulance escalates.
      • It is at once highly entertaining and briskly sobering.
      • The moment he finished giving orders, she nodded briskly, impatiently even.
      • The man was talking briskly now, snapping instructions at me.
      • Clive briskly led him into the back, pausing at every table just long enough to assure his customers that there was no problem.
    2. 1.2 In a cold but pleasantly invigorating way.
      the wind blew fairly briskly
      we spent our day swimming in the briskly cold water
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The cold wind made the fabric of my tent flap like wet laundry hanging on a clothesline on a briskly windy spring day.
      • The wind was briskly blowing after a cold front rolled through during the night.
      • We all sat around on this briskly cold morning to talk.
      • I rolled down my windows slightly and the briskly cold night air blew in.
      • The hurricane was two days away, but the wind was already blowing briskly.
 
 

Definition of briskly in US English:

briskly

adverbˈbrisklēˈbrɪskli
  • 1In an active, quick, or energetic way.

    she walked briskly into the building
    tickets have been selling briskly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The kite is lifted by about 20 boys and is carried briskly around the corner to the waiting truck.
    • Briskly running up the hillside, it shook its beautiful head and bowed it in respect before dashing off into the woods.
    • The three boys walked briskly on the sand.
    • She zipped up her jacket and briskly made her way across lawns and through alleys.
    • The guard walks away briskly, passing us and not offering so much as a smile.
    • He does a good, workmanlike job with this, keeping the plot moving along briskly.
    • He is a master at briskly paced action movies.
    • The briskly defined lift of his baton is especially stimulating to the dancers.
    • Some medieval romances were alive and well and selling briskly well into the 19th century.
    • With his use of the moving camera paired with visually compatible, we move briskly through the action.
    1. 1.1 In an impatient or brusque way.
      "we've never dated, if that's what you're asking," she replied briskly
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is at once highly entertaining and briskly sobering.
      • Clive briskly led him into the back, pausing at every table just long enough to assure his customers that there was no problem.
      • "Come on. Now!" she said, briskly.
      • She remains briskly stoic even as the client's petulance escalates.
      • She deals briskly with the delusion that filling up your diary may give you the feeling that you have life under control.
      • The court disposed of the argument briskly.
      • The moment he finished giving orders, she nodded briskly, impatiently even.
      • I was speaking to him the way I would if I were training a dog—firmly, briskly, not cruelly.
      • The man was talking briskly now, snapping instructions at me.
      • When asked whether she has any disagreements Jean, she briskly snaps, "Absolutely not."
    2. 1.2 In a cold but pleasantly invigorating way.
      the wind blew fairly briskly
      we spent our day swimming in the briskly cold water
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The wind was briskly blowing after a cold front rolled through during the night.
      • The cold wind made the fabric of my tent flap like wet laundry hanging on a clothesline on a briskly windy spring day.
      • We all sat around on this briskly cold morning to talk.
      • I rolled down my windows slightly and the briskly cold night air blew in.
      • The hurricane was two days away, but the wind was already blowing briskly.
 
 
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