ALACRITY

ALAC'RITY, noun [Latin alacritas, from alacer, alaris.]Cheerfulness; gaiety; sprightliness; more usually, a cheerful readiness or promptitude to do some act; cheerful willingness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.

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alacrity. Alacrity, n. cheerfulness, liveliness, readiness

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A‐lac″ri‐ty (�), n. [[L. alacritas, fr. alacer lively, eager, prob. akin to Gr. � to drive, Goth. aljan zeal.]] A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy. I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have. Shak.