Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Brisk; lively; cheerful; full of alacrity.
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- adjective rare Brisk, speedy, with
alacrity , quick and eager.
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- adjective quick and eager
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Examples
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But there can be clarity, something that Grace Hartigan and Frank O'Hara demonstrate with exuberance and alacritous poignancy.
Daniel J. Kushner: "Text Painting": Grace Hartigan and Frank O'Hara at Tibor de Nagy Gallery Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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But there can be clarity, something that Grace Hartigan and Frank O'Hara demonstrate with exuberance and alacritous poignancy.
Daniel J. Kushner: "Text Painting": Grace Hartigan and Frank O'Hara at Tibor de Nagy Gallery Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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But there can be clarity, something that Grace Hartigan and Frank O'Hara demonstrate with exuberance and alacritous poignancy.
Daniel J. Kushner: "Text Painting": Grace Hartigan and Frank O'Hara at Tibor de Nagy Gallery Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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But there can be clarity, something that Grace Hartigan and Frank O'Hara demonstrate with exuberance and alacritous poignancy.
Daniel J. Kushner: "Text Painting": Grace Hartigan and Frank O'Hara at Tibor de Nagy Gallery Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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Instead, I have found, that Catholic priests are rather alacritous in their willingness to allow me to score a stack of freshly consecrated hosts for my Body of Christ Soufflé.
Archive 2008-03-01 The Nag 2008
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The alacritous flight attendant walked by and I summoned her quietly.
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Legend of Zelda Octorok Hunter – Made this mettlesome in a some days, ease employed on it The neutral is to blackball every adversary as alacritous as possible
Who Won Paris Hilton’s My New BFF? Brittany Named Paris Hilton Reality Winner 2008
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Avery, always alacritous, scooped him up and set him on his feet while his head yet reeled.
BLANKENSHIP & DAWES IN: CHRONO-CONUNDRUM! • by Jens Rushing 2008
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But an alacritous colleague called to say what Michaele Salahi was wearing was not a sari, but a lehenga-choli (long skirt and blouse) with a dupatta (long scarf)!
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The Bush regime are the most alacritous liars in human history, albeit piss poor liars.
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