The Only Use of
alacrity
in
Jane Eyre
- I see genuine contentment in your gait and mien, your eye and face, when you are helping me and pleasing me — working for me, and with me, in, as you characteristically say, 'ALL THAT IS RIGHT:' for if I bid you do what you thought wrong, there would be no light-footed running, no neat-handed alacrity, no lively glance and animated complexion.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(alacrity) quickness; and/or cheerful eagerness