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1. (n.) alacrity
cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness:
to do a favor with alacrity.
2. alacrity
liveliness; briskness.
Etymology: (1500–10; < L alacritās=alacri(s) lively +-tās -ty2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) alacrity, briskness, smartness
liveliness and eagerness
"he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"
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1. (noun) alacrity
a cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy
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Sense: quick and cheerful willingness
He obeyed with alacrity.
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 Afrikaans: wakkerheid |
 Arabic: خِفَّة حَرَكَه، نَشَاط |
 Bulgarian: живост |
 Brazilian: vivacidade |
 Czech: horlivost; ochota |
 German: die Bereitwilligkeit |
 Danish: beredvillighed; iver |
 Greek: προθυμία |
 Spanish: presteza |
 Estonian: valmidus |
 Farsi: اشتیاق |
 Finnish: alttius |
 French: empressement |
 Hebrew: לְהִיטוּת, נְכוֹנוּת |
 Hindi: तत्परता |
 Croatian: bodrost |
 Hungarian: jókedv |
 Indonesian: kegairahan, kelincahan |
 Icelandic: röskleiki, fúsleiki |
 Italian: alacrità |
 Japanese: 敏速 |
 Korean: 민활, 기민 |
 Lithuanian: uolumas, paslaugumas |
 Latvian: ātrums; gatavība |
 Malay: lincah |
 Dutch: bereidwilligheid |
 Norwegian: iver, villighet |
 Polish: skwapliwość |
 Persian: اشتیاق |
 Pashto: ذوق |
 Portuguese: vivacidade |
 Romanian: zel |
 Russian: живость; рвение |
 Slovak: horlivosť; ochota |
 Slovenian: vnema |
 Serbian: čilost |
 Swedish: glad iver, hurtighet |
 Thai: ความกระตือรือร้น |
 Turkish: isteklilik |
 Taiwanese: 樂意 |
 Ukrainian: жвавість; готовність |
 Urdu: زندہ دلی ، آمادگی |
 Vietnamese: sự sốt sắng |
 Chinese: 乐意 |
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