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alacrity

[ uh-lak-ri-tee ]

noun

  1. cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness:

    We accepted the invitation with alacrity.

    Synonyms: keenness, eagerness, zeal, fervor

  2. liveliness; briskness.

    Synonyms: sprightliness, agility



alacrity

/ əˈlækrɪtɪ /

noun

  1. liveliness or briskness


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Derived Forms

  • aˈlacritous, adjective

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Other Words From

  • a·lacri·tous adjective
  • una·lacri·tous adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of alacrity1

First recorded in 1500–10; from Latin alacritāt-, stem of alacritās “enthusiasm, zeal,” equivalent to alacer + -tās- noun suffix ( -ty 2 )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of alacrity1

C15: from Latin alacritās, from alacer lively

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Example Sentences

Since then, rapid prototyping, flexible and evolving solutions, and the need for development alacrity have become vital for enterprises.

Sources worry that Schumer is expressing rhetorical support for the measure but isn’t advocating for its passage with his signature alacrity.

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What the business affairs team has done for film and television — I think we did more deals this past year than we did in the last two years alone — speaks to a lot of our alacrity in approaching what is a very fast-moving industry.

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Down under, people endearingly call boxes of wine “goons,” and they drink them with alacrity.

When it comes to nuns, though, the church is somehow able to act with alacrity.

"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.

Anselme, thus enjoined, lent an unwonted alacrity to his movements, waddling grotesquely like a hastening waterfowl.

Bernard, professing great alacrity, looked about him; but he still lingered near his companions.

This result comes only to those who carry out all the directions with genuine alacrity—not shirking one of them.

The quadroon was following them with little quick steps, having assumed a fictitious animation and alacrity for the occasion.

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