alacrity, briskness, smartness
(noun) liveliness and eagerness; “he accepted with alacrity”; “the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
alacrity (countable and uncountable, plural alacrities)
Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
Synonyms: avidity, eagerness, enthusiasm, willingness
Antonyms: apathy, disinclination, hesitance, indifference, reluctance
Promptness; speed.
Synonyms: briskness, celerity, haste, promptness, quickness, swiftness
Source: Wiktionary
A*lac"ri*ty, n. Etym: [L. alacritas, fr. alacer lively, eager, prob. akin to Gr. aljan zeal.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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