Crossword clues for briskness
briskness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Briskness \Brisk"ness\, n. Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity; effervescence.
Wiktionary
n. The property of being brisk.
WordNet
n. liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity" [syn: alacrity]
Usage examples of "briskness".
The new technology of radio had forced briskness and brevity on professional speakers, such as politicians, who were accustomed to orating on the stump for three hours at a stretch, and preachers, sometimes drilling words into their listeners at speeds that reached two hundred words a minute.
She walked the deck with briskness, and a pertinacity that awakened admiration in the crew at first, but by and by superstitious awe.
The Prime Minister spoke with that mixture of gaiety and briskness which Burgo Smyth knew he reserved for really difficult situations.
Hiram went to work immediately, with a briskness that caused Heine to wink at Jo, he threw on the heavy harness and led forth the big-footed teams.
The head of the council, sparrowlike in appearance, was also sparrowlike in the briskness with which he opened the discussion.
Lord Omas came ducking through the tent flap with his usual massive briskness.