Both Uses of
alacrity
in
The Bourne Ultimatum
- Randolph Gates was summoned, and he ran into their arms with alacrity, stunning one courtroom after another with his elocutionary gymnastics.†
*alacrity = quickness; and/or cheerful eagerness
- The once all-powerful, now subdued superior, who had really understood only such words as "Presidium" and "Central Committee," moved with alacrity, bringing an extension phone to Krupkin's table.†