* liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn * The speed with which a spellcaster can dissipate the residue of magical energy that remains after performing a spell-equivalent action. Six seconds (measured from the start of the action) is standard.
members.chello.nl/~j.vanthull/BG2SR/Glossary.htm * eagerness, quickness. Fields used this in radio scripts and letters.
www.louisville.edu/~kprayb01/WCWords.html * is a kind of prompt response. You can respond to an invitation with alacrity. You respond right away.
palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/vocab/fromthe.htm Susan accepted the masquerade invitation with feigned alacrity; she wasn't really looking forward to it at all.
(alacrity is cheerful enthusiasm, or eagerness)"Most construction workers are not known for their alacrity.""The elves in Santa's workshop moved about with obvious alacrity."
Example sentence - His faithful companion exhibited alacrity in ever endeavor.
Alacrity was at its peak when a community went against a statement in a magazine about how life is made easy for youngsters and how they lack challenges.
He accepted the new job with such alacrity that the manager was looking forward to his first work day. Enjoying and taking pride in his work, the dancer performed with alacrity. The disinterested workers were sluggish in their efforts, displaying no alacrity whatsoever.
I think you may mean alacrity, which means cheerful readiness. He hopped to his feet with alacrity when the teacher asked for volunteers.
Alacrity means "eagerness", "enthusiasm", or "speed".
The ushers moved with alacrity to oust the disorrderly patrons. -Pancakes #09
In order to pass the traing course, you need to show some alacrity which is the antithesis of being lax.
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