briskness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

briskness
    n 1: liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the
         smartness of the pace soon exhausted him" [syn: {alacrity},
         {briskness}, {smartness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Briskness \Brisk"ness\, n.
   Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity;
   effervescence.
   [1913 Webster]

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