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Meaning
cheerful readiness
- How to Memorize
- alacrity - willingness
- Analysis
If you do something with ‘alacrity’, you do it quickly and with eagerness or enthusiasm. It is a formal word and tends to be used more in writing than in everyday conversation.
Exam DB Spoken DB Other Synonyms avidity readiness, rapidity, Antonyms aversion, reluctance, disinclination, - Example(s)
The alacrity with which she carried out the task was an example for everybody on the team.
He didn’t directly ask for money, but when I offered him a loan he accepted it with alacrity.
The work was not done with sufficient alacrity, so we missed the deadline.
