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alacrity (encz) | alacrity,čilost n: Zdeněk Brož |
alacrity (encz) | alacrity,hbitost n: Zdeněk Brož |
alacrity (encz) | alacrity,horlivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
alacrity (encz) | alacrity,ochota n: Zdeněk Brož |
alacrity (encz) | alacrity,rozvernost n: Jakub Kalousek |
Alacrity (gcide) | 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.
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I have not that alacrity of spirit,
Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have. --Shak.
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alacrity (wn) | alacrity
n 1: liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the
smartness of the pace soon exhausted him" [syn: alacrity,
briskness, smartness] |
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Alacrity (gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
I have not that alacrity of spirit,
Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have. --Shak.
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