brisk

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• keep: An excellent way to keep the group together and keep the pace brisk.

Modifies a noun

• walking: Training can be anything from brisk walking to a full weight lifting workout.
• pace: He favored a brisk pace, which let the music dance.
• breeze: In two days of moderate to brisk breezes, six races were held.
• walk: A brisk walk with the wind pushing got us to the top.
• acceleration: It is a real bike designed for real life - it handles well, extremely stable, economical with brisk effortless acceleration.
• wind: August 6th With a brisk westerly wind blowing all day, most of the interest was on the sea.

Modifying Another Word

• fairly: When Michael Mears said " Go Bristol " the pace was set - fairly brisk and very positive.
• rather: He can, quite suddenly, be rather brisk with some of the obvious anxieties about present behavior.
• quite: Only 1000 of these cards have been made and sales have been quite brisk since going on sale on 2 June.
• very: The game's quest starts out in a very brisk manner, quickly moving you from dungeon to dungeon without delay.
• too: Cornwell is superb at procedure, but far too brisk a writer to deliver sexual tension.
• so: Business has become so brisk, she said she is thinking of opening her own business rather than find another job.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Business has become so brisk, she said she is thinking of opening her own business rather than find another job.
• get: But they are apt to run wild, to get needlessly brisk, unpleasantly incessant.