1
: keenly alert : lively
… a brisk old lady with no nonsense about her …—
Jean Stafford
Jean Stafford2
a
: pleasingly tangy
brisk tea
b
: fresh, invigorating
a brisk autumn day
3
: sharp in tone or manner
was very brisk on the phone
briskly
adverb
briskness
noun
brisked; brisking; brisks
: to make animated, energetic, or marked by much activity : to make brisk
: to become brisk
—usually used with up
business brisked up
Examples of brisk in a Sentence
Adjective
She answered the phone in a brisk voice.
They went for a brisk walk in the woods.
She walked at a brisk pace.
Business is brisk at the store.
There is a brisk market in old movie posters.
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Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
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—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
The temperature is brisk, snow is falling, and everyone's a little more jolly.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
Such exercise could be, for example, 150 minutes of brisk walking, 75 minutes of vigorous running or cycling, and strength training a couple of times per week, Singh said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
The brisk north winds and a little bit of light rain earlier come to an end Sunday evening.
—Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
Its subject recognition modes (Auto, People, Animals, Vehicles, Off) are the same, as is the maximum electronic shutter 40fps drive rate with focus and exposure at every frame, and brisk 12fps mechanical shutter.
—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
The temperature is brisk, snow is falling, and everyone's a little more jolly.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
Such exercise could be, for example, 150 minutes of brisk walking, 75 minutes of vigorous running or cycling, and strength training a couple of times per week, Singh said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brisk
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“Brisk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brisk. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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