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Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness. The movement, the lilt, and the subtle charm of the verse. F. Harrison.

Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.

Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth. But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps Much livelier than erewhile He seems. Milton.

The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a mêlée. [Obs.] Holland.

Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day. [O. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] There was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray, As peart as bird, as straight as bolt, as fresh as flowers in May. Warner (1592).

Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.] Shak.

A little more; as, più allegro, a little more briskly.

That which is profane; profane language or acts. The brisk interchange of profanity and folly. Buckminster.

Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. " A quick wit." Shak.

Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit. This deed . . . must send thee hence With fiery quickness. Shak. His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor. Macaulay.

To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles. [Colloq.]

d thiry feet. -- Round trot, one in which the horse throws out his feet roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. Addison. -- Round turn (Naut.), one turn of a rope round a timber, a belaying pin, etc. -- To bring up with a round turn, to stop abruptly. [Colloq.]

Briskly; with speed. locke. Two of the outlaws walked roundly forward. Sir W. Scott.

Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze.

A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy. [Slang] Fielding.

Briskness; vigor; energy; decision. [Colloq.]

Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp. [Archaic or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] That horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. Dr. J. Brown.

A brisk, showy, gay man. The finest sparks and cleanest beaux. Prior.

Lively; brisk; gay. [Obs.] "Our sparkful youth." Camden.

Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay. [Obs.] -- Spright"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] Shak. -- Spright"ful*ness, n. [Obs.] Spoke like a sprightful gentlemen. Shak. Steeds sprightful as the light. Cowley.