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alacrity [uh-lak-ri-tee]


-noun

1. cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.


2. liveliness; briskness.
   

[Origin: 1500-10; alacritās, equiv. to alacri(s) lively + -tās- -ty]