Word of the Day 4.26.09

alacrity

a·lac·ri·ty (-lkr-t)

n.

1. Cheerful willingness; eagerness.

2. Speed or quickness; celerity.

[Latin alacrits, from alacer, lively.]

a·lacri·tous (-ts) adj.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Noun 1. alacrity – liveliness and eagerness; “he accepted with alacrity”; “the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him”

briskness, smartness
sprightliness, liveliness, spirit, life – animation and energy in action or expression; “it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it”

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alacrity

noun eagerness, enthusiasm, willingness, readiness, speed, zeal, gaiety, alertness, hilarity, cheerfulness, quickness, liveliness, briskness, promptness, avidity, joyousness, sprightliness << OPPOSITE reluctance

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