Meaning & Definition of Alacrity in English
English⟶
Alacrity
/əlækrəti/
noun
1. Liveliness and eagerness
- "He accepted with alacrity"
- "The smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"
synonym:
- alacrity,
- briskness,
- smartness
Examples of using
Our seamen have always been famous for a matchless alacrity and intrepidity in time of danger; this has saved many a British ship, when other seamen would have run below deck, and left the ship to the mercy of the waves, or, perhaps, of a more cruel enemy, a pirate.