noun
Other Word Forms
- alacritous adjective
- unalacritous adjective
Etymology
Origin of alacrity
First recorded in 1500–10; from Latin alacritāt-, stem of alacritās “enthusiasm, zeal,” equivalent to alacer + -tās- noun suffix ( -ty 2 )
Example Sentences
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If you’re planning to travel with children and parents this holiday season, may the grace of whatever god you believe in descend upon you with alacrity.
From Los Angeles Times
The alacrity with which subprime borrowers paid off their loans was yet another strange aspect of this booming market.
From Literature
Some have bristled at the alacrity with which Solis has appeared to consolidate support.
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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.
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But the figure vanishes with the same dreamlike alacrity with which he arrives.
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