alacrity

speed or quickness

TRANSLATION

Bereitwilligkeit, Eifer; auch: Heiterkeit

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"Although a quick decision was important, Snider was appointed by the museum's board with an alacrity that was highly suspicious"

(Meir Ronnen, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Jerusalem Post, 13th Sept. 1996)

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Wordwise: from Latin alacritas, from alacer, lively.

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