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alacrity noun [ əˈlakrɪti ]

• brisk and cheerful readiness.
• "she accepted the invitation with alacrity"
Similar: eagerness, willingness, readiness, enthusiasm, ardour, fervour, keenness, joyousness, liveliness, zeal, promptness, haste, briskness, swiftness, dispatch, speed, address,
Opposite: apathy,
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin alacritas, from alacer ‘brisk’.


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