Movement
Synonyms for briskly
The synonym for briskly recorded in this bank is speedily, in the sense "in a quick, energetic manner". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for briskly
- speedilyadverb, in the sense "in a quick, energetic manner"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for briskly.
in a quick, energetic manner
She walked briskly to catch the departing train.
The true synonym
speedily
Same sentence, swapped: She walked speedily to catch the departing train.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- cautiously
- aimlessly
- reluctantly
Where briskly turns up in the game
briskly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where briskly is the trap
- unsteadilyadverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is shakily, in the sense "in a shaky or unbalanced way, lacking a firm footing", and briskly is one of the three tiles that lose.
- languidlyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is lethargically, in the sense "in a slow, relaxed manner lacking energy or urgency", with briskly sitting one tile away.
- warmlyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is cordially, in the sense "in a friendly, welcoming manner", and briskly is one of the three tiles that lose.
- diagonallyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is slantwise, in the sense "in a slanting direction, at an angle rather than straight across", and briskly is on the board beside it.
Play briskly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so briskly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from movement at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. briskly carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.