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)
(Meir Ronnen, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Jerusalem Post, 13th Sept. 1996)
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know?
Wordwise: from Latin alacritas, from alacer, lively.
