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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
