alacrity

[ uh-lak-ri-tee ]

/ əˈlæk rɪ ti /

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noun

cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.

liveliness; briskness.

OTHER WORDS FOR alacrity

1 eagerness, keenness; fervor, zeal.

2 sprightliness, agility.

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Origin of alacrity

First recorded in 1500–10; from Latin alacritāt-, stem of alacritās “enthusiasm, zeal,” equivalent to alacer + -tās- noun suffix (see -ty²)

OTHER WORDS FROM alacrity

a·lac·ri·tous, adjectiveun·a·lac·ri·tous, adjective

Words nearby alacrity

à la broche, Alacant, à la carte, alack, alacrima, alacrity, Ala Dağ, Ala Dagh, Aladdin, Aladdin's cave, Aladdin's lamp

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How to use alacrity in a sentence

Since then, rapid prototyping, flexible and evolving solutions, and the need for development alacrity have become vital for enterprises.
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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.
Taking Boxed Wine Seriously: It’s Not Just for Hobos and Teenagers Anymore|Jordan Salcito|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When it comes to nuns, though, the church is somehow able to act with alacrity.
Rebel Nuns|Michelle Goldberg|May 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.
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Anselme, thus enjoined, lent an unwonted alacrity to his movements, waddling grotesquely like a hastening waterfowl.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Bernard, professing great alacrity, looked about him; but he still lingered near his companions.
Confidence|Henry James
This result comes only to those who carry out all the directions with genuine alacrity—not shirking one of them.
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The quadroon was following them with little quick steps, having assumed a fictitious animation and alacrity for the occasion.
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British Dictionary definitions for alacrity

alacrity

/ (əˈlækrɪtɪ) /

noun

liveliness or briskness

Derived forms of alacrity

alacritous, adjective

Word Origin for alacrity

C15: from Latin alacritās, from alacer lively

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