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She completed each assignment with alacrity.alacrity = quickness
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She accepted the invitation with alacrity.alacrity = quickness; and/or cheerful eagerness
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Mac suddenly shot his hand up and snagged the bird by the leg in midair, then handed the squirming animal to Louie, who was amazed at Mac's alacrity. (source)alacrity = quickness (speed)
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Displaying impressive alacrity, a host was already standing there to greet them. (source)alacrity = quickness; and/or cheerful eagerness
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Her reply came with surprising alacrity. (source)
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...he participated in the conversation with as much alacrity as he had formerly shut it out. (source)alacrity = eagerness and energy
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(With alacrity, suddenly looking at George) Oh, yes! (source)alacrity = eagerness
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Needless to say, I accepted with alacrity. (source)alacrity = quickness; and/or cheerful eagerness
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...and came with unusual alacrity towards the door; (source)
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Victor Lebrun ... accepted with alacrity. (source)alacrity = eagerness
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"All right," Beauty Smith spoke up with the alacrity of fear. (source)alacrity = liveliness
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"Certainly," he replied with alacrity, and stood up to put it in train for speaking. (source)alacrity = quickness
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This heightened alacrity had its cause, namely, the impression made upon him by the first formal gangway-punishment he had ever witnessed, which befell the day following his impressment. (source)alacrity = liveliness and eagerness (in this context, Billy Budd's eagerness to quickly do his duty)
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He had a uniform jacket with one button off, and seeing a white man on the path, hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with alacrity. (source)alacrity = quickness (liveliness and eagerness)
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And then a number of brisk young men began with remarkable alacrity to tidy up the goods that remained disturbed. (source)alacrity = quickness; and/or cheerful eagerness
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Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face, but alacrity in his heart. (source)
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