The Only Use of
alacrity
in
Gulliver's Travels
- ...if I had then known the nature of princes and ministers, which I have since observed in many other courts, and their methods of treating criminals less obnoxious than myself, I should, with great alacrity and readiness, have submitted to so easy a punishment.
Chpt 1alacrity = quickness; and/or cheerful eagerness
Definition:
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(alacrity) quickness; and/or cheerful eagerness