as in willingness
cheerful readiness to do something
having just acquired his driver's license that morning, the teen agreed with alacrity to drive his cousin to the airport
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Recent Examples of alacrity
In contrast, its air campaign in Lebanon has so far been carried out with astounding accuracy and alacrity.
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Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
Sharpness and alacrity will return to you in future.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 26 July 2024
With an alacrity in stark contrast to the 21st-century, less than three weeks later the justices ruled, unanimously, that the president must abide by a special prosecutor’s subpoena and turn over audiotapes related to Watergate.
—Chris Doyle, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
Outside of New Delhi, the central government has involved itself with greater alacrity in domains constitutionally under the jurisdiction of India’s states.
—Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2021
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Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
Sharpness and alacrity will return to you in future.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 26 July 2024
With an alacrity in stark contrast to the 21st-century, less than three weeks later the justices ruled, unanimously, that the president must abide by a special prosecutor’s subpoena and turn over audiotapes related to Watergate.
—Chris Doyle, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
Outside of New Delhi, the central government has involved itself with greater alacrity in domains constitutionally under the jurisdiction of India’s states.
—Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2021
See All Example Sentences for alacrity
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“Alacrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alacrity. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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