English-Thai Dictionary

alacrity

N ความ กระตือรือร้น  khwam-kra-tue-rue-ron

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALACRITY

n.[L. alacritas, from alacer, alaris.] Cheerfulness; gaiety; sprightliness; more usually, a cheerful readiness or promptitude to do some act; cheerful willingness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALACRITY

A *lac "ri *ty, n. Etym: [L. alacritas, fr. alacer lively, eager, prob. akin to Gr. aljan zeal. ]

 

Defn: A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy. I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

alacrity

a lac ri ty |əˈlakritē əˈlækrədi | ▶noun brisk and cheerful readiness: she accepted the invitation with alacrity. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin alacritas, from alacer ‘brisk. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

alacrity

alacrity |əˈlakrɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] brisk and cheerful readiness: she accepted the invitation with alacrity. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin alacritas, from alacer ‘brisk ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

alacrity

alacrity noun we want to move with alacrity, and put a stop to improper conduct while it ’s still going on: eagerness, willingness, readiness; enthusiasm, ardor, avidity, fervor, keenness; promptness, haste, swiftness, dispatch, speed.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

alacrity

alacrity noun she accepted with alacrity: eagerness, willingness, readiness; enthusiasm, ardour, fervour, keenness, joyousness, liveliness, zeal; promptness, haste, briskness, swiftness, dispatch, speed; dated address. ANTONYMS apathy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

alacrity

a lac ri ty /əlǽkrəti /名詞 U ｟かたく 修辞的に ｠機敏さ, 敏活 ; 乗り気, 熱心さ ; 活発さ ▸ with alacrity いそいそと, てきぱきと