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alacrity|əˈlækrɪtɪ|
[ad. L. alacritāt-em, n. of quality f. alacer brisk (also in It. alacrità): see -ty.]
Briskness, cheerful readiness, liveliness, promptitude, sprightliness.
c1510More Picus Wks. 1557, 8/1 That meruelouse alacritee languished. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, v. iii. 73, I haue not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheere of Minde that I was wont to haue. 1687T. Brown Saints in Uproar Wks. 1730 I. 79 With what wonderful alacrity you scamper'd over the Alps. 1710Steele Tatler No. 34 ⁋2 It immediately gives an Alacrity to the Visage and new Grace to the whole Person. 1791Cowper Il. v. 145 She wing'd him with alacrity divine. 1820Scott Monast. xv. 98 He accepted with grateful alacrity. |