Associations to the word «Alacrity»

Wiktionary

ALACRITY, noun. Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
ALACRITY, noun. Promptness; speed.

Dictionary definition

ALACRITY, noun. Liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley