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alacrity
[ uh-lak-ri-tee ]
noun
- cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness:
We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
Synonyms: , , ,
- liveliness; briskness.
Synonyms: ,
alacrity
/ əˈæɪɪ /
noun
- liveliness or briskness
Derived Forms
- ˈٴdzܲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·۾·ٴdzܲ adjective
- un·۾·ٴdzܲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of alacrity1
Example Sentences
They took to songwriting with alacrity, driven by an urge to create their own material at a time when there was no precedent for a band to write its own songs.
But the figure vanishes with the same dreamlike alacrity with which he arrives.
Despite your alacrity in the Colorado case, it is taking you months- months- to parse whether a president can assassinate his rivals with immunity from prosecution.
They’re both walking encyclopedias of the genre, able to reel off titles of films, popular and obscure, with the alacrity of true aficionados.
Mr Rossi added that Judge Chutkan "does not care one iota that he is a presidential candidate" and, despite the appeals process, will still want her trial to move "with utmost alacrity".
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