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Alacrity vs Nimbleness - What's the difference?

alacrity | nimbleness | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between alacrity and nimbleness

is that alacrity is eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm while nimbleness is the quality of being nimble.

alacrity

English

Noun

(alacrities)
  • Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
  • * 1837 , , The Pickwick Papers , ch. 12:
    • "I'll get into the clothes this minute, if they're here," said Sam, with great alacrity .
  • * 1922 , , The Glimpses of the Moon , ch. 24:
    • This evening, however, he was struck by the beaming alacrity of the aide-de-camp's greeting.
  • Promptness; speed.
  • * 1849 , , "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience":
    • Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.
  • * 1902 , , Heart of Darkness , Part 1:
    • 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 .

    Synonyms

    * (eagerness) avidity, eagerness, enthusiasm, willingness * (promptness) briskness, celerity, haste, promptness, quickness, swiftness

    Antonyms

    * (eagerness) apathy, disinclination, hesitance, indifference, reluctance

    Related terms

    * alacritous

    References

    nimbleness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • the quality of being nimble
  • *, IV.iii
  • *:'Tis better that the enemy seek us;
  • *:So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers,
  • *:Doing himself offense, whilst we lying still
  • *:Are full of rest, defense, and nimbleness .