alacrity

n.

1. Cheerful willingness; eagerness.
2. Speed or quickness; celerity.

[Latin alacritās, from alacer, lively.]

alacritous a·lac'ri·tous (-təs) adj.

(uh-LAK-ri-tee)

noun
1. Cheerful willingness; eagerness.
2. Speed or quickness; celerity.

Etymology
Latin alacritas, from alacer, lively.

Usage
"Snider was approved by the museum's board with an alacrity that borders on the suspicious, though time was of the essence: Weyl had already left." — Meir Ronnen, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Jerusalem Post, 13 Sep 1996.

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n

Definition: liveliness; promptness
Antonyms: apathy, aversion, disinclination, dullness, indifference, reluctance, slowness, unwillingness

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: liveliness and eagerness
  Synonym: briskness

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hurtighed, beredvillighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
frisse vrolijkheid

Français (French)
n. - empressement, promptitude, alacrité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Eifer, Bereitwilligkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ζωηράδα, ευθυμία, ευδιαθεσία, προθυμία

Italiano (Italian)
alacrità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vivacidade (f), espontaneidade (f), boa (f) vontade

Русский (Russian)
живость, готовность, рвение

Español (Spanish)
n. - alacridad, presteza

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hurtighet, livlighet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
活泼, 轻快, 敏捷, 乐意, 欣然

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 活潑, 輕快, 敏捷, 樂意, 欣然

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 민활

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 機敏, 敏活さ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نشاط مبتهج, رشاقه, خفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮להיטות, נכונות‬

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