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Alacrity

Alacrity Meaning & Definition
Alacrity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Alacrity?

[n] liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Alacrity: briskness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Alacrity: abruptness | acquiescence | agility | agreeability | agreeableness | amenability | animation | anxiety | anxiousness | appetite | ardor | avidity | avidness | breathless impatience | briskness | cheerful consent | cheerful readiness | compliance | consent | cooperativeness | decisiveness | dispatch | docility | eagerness | elan | enthusiasm | expedition | expeditiousness | favorable disposition | favorableness | fervor | feverishness | forwardness | furiousness | gameness | goodwill | gust | gusto | hastiness | heartiness | hurriedness | immediacy | immediateness | impatience | impetuosity | impetuousness | impulsiveness | instantaneousness | keen desire | keenness | life | liveliness | nimbleness | pliability | pliancy | precipitance | precipitancy | precipitation | precipitousness | promptitude | promptness | punctuality | punctualness | quickness | rapidity | rashness | readiness | receptive mood | receptiveness | receptivity | responsiveness | right mood | sharpness | smartness | speed | speediness | spirit | spryness | suddenness | summariness | swiftness | tractability | ungrudgingness | unloathness | unreluctance | verve | vitality | vivacity | willing ear | willing heart | willingness | zeal | zealousness | zest | zestfulness

See Also | life | liveliness | spirit | sprightliness

Alacrity In Webster's Dictionary

\A*lac"ri*ty\, n. [L. alacritas, fr. alacer lively, eager, prob. akin to Gr. ? to drive, Goth. aljan zeal.] A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy. I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have. --Shak.

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