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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky