Synonyms of briskly

briskly

adverb

as in quickly

with great speed

strode off briskly to deal with the problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• quickly
• rapidly
• swiftly
• fast
• quick
• soon
• promptly
• hastily
• immediately
• hot
• speedily
• swift
• apace
• fleetly
• by leaps and bounds
• in a hurry
• in short order
• double-quick
• at full tilt
• like a shot
• like wildfire
• at full throttle
• abruptly
• presto
• like gangbusters
• lickety-split
• a mile a minute
• hell-for-leather
• snappily
• vigorously
• pronto
• chop-chop
• posthaste
• recklessly
• readily
• impetuously
• impulsively
• rashly
• energetically
• full tilt
• suddenly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slowly
• sluggishly
• slow
• lingeringly
• deliberately
• leisurely
• ploddingly
• belatedly
• tardily
• laggardly
• delinquently

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of briskly

Someone briskly assessing workmanship or disparaging a social inferior? — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026

Accelerate briskly and the beat speeds up and the higher frequencies come in. — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 27 Aug. 2026

In a hallway, on a sidewalk or a gentle downhill, walk briskly for 6 or more feet, then bring yourself to a complete stop over three progressively shorter steps, softening your knees, hinging slightly at your hips and dropping your center of mass. — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Errors and whiffs are briskly airbrushed away by the unending march of content. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026

This second season is briskly paced and captivatingly animated, and more time spent with characters like Jubilee, Nightcrawler, and Polaris broadens the series’ ensemble (and allows for flashier fight sequences, thanks to their power sets). — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026

The neon lights began to move about briskly, like gleaming whirligig beetles, and the lights on the advertising tower closest to the stadium flickered across the Squirrel-brand margarine ad. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

On Saturday morning, which coincided with Vroman’s summer sale, three separate registers had briskly moving lines of 15-20 people or more around the store. — Erik Pedersen, Daily News, 28 July 2026

With a much smaller crowd, and no pre-event receptions, the enhanced security generally moved briskly. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 July 2026