alacrity
cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
liveliness; briskness.
Origin of alacrity
1Other words for alacrity
Other words from alacrity
- a·lac·ri·tous, adjective
- un·a·lac·ri·tous, adjective
Words Nearby alacrity
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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.
Achieving flexibility with no- and low-code applications | Chuan | July 7, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewSources worry that Schumer is expressing rhetorical support for the measure but isn’t advocating for its passage with his signature alacrity.
Congress Is Close to Cracking Down on Big Tech. But Powerful Obstacles Remain | Eric Cortellessa | April 20, 2022 | TImeWhat 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.
How Agnes Chu and Helen Estabrook are breaking Condé Nast Entertainment further into Hollywood | Tim Peterson | October 26, 2021 | DigidayDown 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 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen it comes to nuns, though, the church is somehow able to act with alacrity.
"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsAnselme, thus enjoined, lent an unwonted alacrity to his movements, waddling grotesquely like a hastening waterfowl.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniBernard, professing great alacrity, looked about him; but he still lingered near his companions.
Confidence | Henry JamesThis result comes only to those who carry out all the directions with genuine alacrity—not shirking one of them.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)The quadroon was following them with little quick steps, having assumed a fictitious animation and alacrity for the occasion.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
British Dictionary definitions for alacrity
/ (əˈlækrɪtɪ) /
liveliness or briskness
Origin of alacrity
1Derived forms of alacrity
- alacritous, adjective
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