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In natural English speech, "alacrity" appears in contexts such as: "And so that has really colored my perception of my reality and my view of who I am in the world and how I need to show up. And we leap with alacrity to our bedrooms, throw on our clothes, and immediately, we're dancing all night.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/əˈlakrᵻti/

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And so that has really colored my perception of my reality and my view of who I am in the world and how I need to show up.

And we leap with alacrity to our bedrooms, throw on our clothes, and immediately, we're dancing all night.

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noun

Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.

“Besides, a wealthy man, well at ease, may pray to God quietly and merrily with alacrity and great quietness of mind, whereas he who lieth groaning in his grief cannot endure to pray nor can he hardly think upon anything but his pain.”

Synonyms:avidity eagerness enthusiasm willingness

noun

Promptness; speed.

“Governments show thus how successfully men can be imposed on, even impose on themselves, for their own advantage. […] Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.”

Synonyms:briskness celerity haste promptness

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