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# brisk

adjective (brisk, brisker, briskest)

«brisk» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Brisk means quick and energetic («a brisk walk»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#m1)
2. Brisk weather is cold and fresh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#m2)
3. A brisk manner is quick and businesslike, sometimes a bit short. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#m3)
4. Brisk business or trade is busy, with lots of buying and selling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#m4)

### In the lessons

Health lessons recommend a brisk walk every day for exercise. Stories describe brisk winds, brisk talkers and brisk trade at markets.

### Examples

- We went for a brisk walk after lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x1)
- It was a brisk autumn morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x2)
- The nurse was kind but brisk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x3)
- Ice cream sales were brisk on the hot day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x4)
- Rat rowed at a brisk pace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x5)
- A brisk wind blew off the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x6)
- The brisk wind which stirred the fire also played with a squeaky old tree beside Iktomi's wigwam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x7)

### Note

Adverb: briskly. Comparative brisker, superlative briskest.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brisk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brisk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brisk.html) on Mova free.