BRISKLY Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

briskly

adverb

Definition of briskly

as in quickly

with great speed strode off briskly to deal with the problem

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Recent Examples of briskly The animal was far from sprinting, instead taking a relaxed stroll at a speed surprisingly comparable to a human walking briskly to catch a bus. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026 The two exchanged a hug and Doyle then walked briskly to the elevator. — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 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

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Adverb

Yet subsequent agreements have followed a similar pattern, the officials said, with Feinberg’s private-sector hires at OSC and the newer Economic Defense Unit sidelining career officials in order to ink deals as quickly as possible.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
The relationship quickly became serious and highly visible, with the pair making public appearances and Rodgers openly discussing their life together.

— Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of quickly

Adverb

In its premiere, this was a Korean Cherry Orchard performed in Korean for audiences that needed no primer on its setting, the rapidly changing globalized city where the characters’ home is threatening to disappear.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
These will cause glucose to flood the bloodstream quite rapidly, and then your pancreas responds by pumping out all this insulin.

— Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of rapidly

Adverb

The looming question is whether European leaders, institutions, and citizens can pivot swiftly enough so that the bloc can use its economic heft to take responsibility for its own security.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Kovacik, who suddenly saw people running to see what happened, later drove swiftly to the source of the smoke.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of swiftly

Adverb

Washington can’t stop talking about AI doom scenarios and the public backlash to data centers — but around the world, sentiment toward the fast-moving technology is much more nuanced.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Development teams are producing code faster, modernizing applications more rapidly and introducing new services at unprecedented rates.

— Evgeny Gervis, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of fast

Adverb

Pennsylvania State Police makes that possible quicker than most police departments.

— Josh Taylor, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Because of their small size, the little dots of pasta cooked up quicker than the standard ones, which means dinner was ready in no time.

— Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of quick

Adverb

Their aim was to get bills out the door sooner and for the county to pay back districts that took a financial hit because of prior billing delays.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
My colleague Howard Blume recently wrote about district officials pressing ahead with a multibillion-dollar modernization and rebuilding plan, raising questions about investing in campuses that soon may be shuttered.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

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