alacrity
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rɪ noun
1.
cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
2.
liveliness; briskness.
Related forms
a·lac·ri·tous, adjective
un·a·lac·ri·tous, adjective
Synonyms
1. eagerness, keenness; fervor, zeal. 2. sprightliness, agility.
1. eagerness, keenness; fervor, zeal. 2. sprightliness, agility.
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| —n | |
| liveliness or briskness | |
| [C15: from Latin alacritās, from alacer lively] | |
| a'lacritous | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
alacrity
c.1500, from L. alacritatem (nom. alacritas) "liveliness," from alacer (gen. alacris) "cheerful, brisk, lively;" cognate with Goth. aljan "zeal," O.E. ellen, O.H.G. ellian.
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Example sentences
For their willingness to work for so little, they are accepted with alacrity.
The short answer is that conductor searches at major orchestras sometimes proceed with the alacrity of drying paint.
Postal workers, it is to be hoped, will be tested for the presence of biological agents with the same alacrity that senators are.
Humiliations seemed to be his delight: these he courted and sought, and always underwent them with great alacrity.
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