Meaning of ALACRITY
| Pronunciation: | | u'lakritee
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| | Definition: | | [n] liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity" |
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| | Synonyms: | | briskness |
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| | See Also: | | life, liveliness, spirit, sprightliness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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