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Antonyms for brisk

Grammar : Adj
Spell : brisk
Phonetic Transcription : brɪsk


Definition of brisk

Origin :
  • 1550s, as Scottish bruisk, probably an alteration of French brusque (see brusque). Related: Briskly; briskness.
  • adj fast-moving; active
  • adj chilly, refreshing (weather)
Example sentences :
  • Put it on the spit, rub it with butter, and roast it before a brisk fire.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Bake it in a brisk oven an hour or more according to its thickness.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • It was too late; in the brisk idiom of his mother-tongue, he was "caught with the goods on."
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • They were walking at a brisk pace, and Tom appeared to be talking earnestly.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • She meant to go all the rounds with brisk little Miss Winship.
  • Extract from : « Gloria and Treeless Street » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • If the Street is brisk, I won't see him till he arrives home to-night.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • Where are the brisk boys of the City who were said to be longing for me?
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I have heard my father say that trade was never so brisk as in 'forty-six, when they were down this way.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The last was spoken in a brisk tone to the guard who had followed the captain.
  • Extract from : « Be It Ever Thus » by Robert Moore Williams
  • The lightness of these cakes depending much on the expedition with which they are baked, they should be set in a brisk oven.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

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