Definizione monolingua

alacrity

alacrity (plural alacrities)

1. Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
   • 1837, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, ch. 12:

     ""Ill get into the clothes this minute, if theyre here,"" said Sam, with great alacrity.

   • 1922, Edith Wharton, The Glimpses of the Moon, ch. 24:

     This evening, however, he was struck by the beaming alacrity of the aide-de-camps greeting.

2. Promptness; speed.
   • 1849, Henry David Thoreau, ""On the Duty of Civil Disobedience"":

     Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.

   • 1902, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part 1:

     He had a uniform jacket with one button off, and seeing a white man on the path, hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with alacrity.

Definizione dizionario alacrity

	alacrità
	eagerness
	Cheerful willingness.

	solerzia
	eagerness

entusiasmo

desiderio

Altri significati:

Promptness; speed.

promptness

Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.