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alacrity

[ uh-lak-ri-tee ]

noun

  1. cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness:

    We accepted the invitation with alacrity.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. liveliness; briskness.

    Synonyms: ,



alacrity

/ əˈ±ôæ°ì°ùɪ³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. liveliness or briskness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ²¹Ëˆ±ô²¹³¦°ù¾±³Ù´Ç³Ü²õ, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹Â·±ô²¹³¦î€¼Û¾±Â·³Ù´Ç³Ü²õ adjective
  • un²¹Â·±ô²¹³¦î€¼Û¾±Â·³Ù´Ç³Ü²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of alacrity1

First recorded in 1500–10; from Latin ²¹±ô²¹³¦°ù¾±³ÙÄå³Ù-, stem of ²¹±ô²¹³¦°ù¾±³ÙÄå²õ “enthusiasm, zeal,†equivalent to alacer + -³ÙÄå²õ- noun suffix ( -ty 2 )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of alacrity1

C15: from Latin ²¹±ô²¹³¦°ù¾±³ÙÄå²õ, from alacer lively
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Example Sentences

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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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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.

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They’re both walking encyclopedias of the genre, able to reel off titles of films, popular and obscure, with the alacrity of true aficionados.

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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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