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alacrity

noun as in liveliness

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Down under, people endearingly call boxes of wine “goons,” and they drink them with alacrity.

When it comes to nuns, though, the church is somehow able to act with alacrity.

"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.

Anselme, thus enjoined, lent an unwonted alacrity to his movements, waddling grotesquely like a hastening waterfowl.

Bernard, professing great alacrity, looked about him; but he still lingered near his companions.

This result comes only to those who carry out all the directions with genuine alacrity—not shirking one of them.

The quadroon was following them with little quick steps, having assumed a fictitious animation and alacrity for the occasion.

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On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to alacrity, such as: avidity, cheerfulness, dispatch, eagerness, enthusiasm, and expedition.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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