Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Briskness \Brisk"ness\, n.
Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity;
effervescence.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
briskness
n 1: liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the
smartness of the pace soon exhausted him" [syn: {alacrity},
{briskness}, {smartness}]