Boisterous vs Alacrity - What's the difference?
boisterous | alacrity |
Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.
Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.
Having or resembling animal exuberance.
Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
* 1837 , , The Pickwick Papers , ch. 12:
* 1922 , , The Glimpses of the Moon , ch. 24:
Promptness; speed.
* 1849 , , "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience":
* 1902 , , Heart of Darkness , Part 1:
As an adjective boisterous
is full of energy; exuberant; noisy.As a noun alacrity is
eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.boisterous
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Adjective
(en adjective)alacrity
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Noun
(alacrities)- "I'll get into the clothes this minute, if they're here," said Sam, with great alacrity .
- This evening, however, he was struck by the beaming alacrity of the aide-de-camp's greeting.
- Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.
- 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 .