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# alacrity

«alacrity» in Mova's school dictionary: **quickness and eagerness in doing something, without delay** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (alacrity, no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Alacrity means quickness and eagerness in doing something, without delay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alacrity/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a person or animal who obeys a call at once and happily

### examples

- She accepted the invitation with alacrity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alacrity/#x1)
- The dog ran to fetch the ball with alacrity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alacrity/#x2)
- The soldiers obeyed the order with alacrity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alacrity/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «alacrity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alacrity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.