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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alacrity \A*lac"ri*ty\, n. [L. alacritas fr alacer lively,
eager, prob. akin to Gr ? to drive, Goth. aljan zeal.]
A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous
activity; briskness; sprightliness; as the soldiers advanced
with alacrity to meet the enemy.
I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind
that I was wont to have --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
alacrity
n : liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity" [syn:
{briskness}]
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