Alacrity - What does it mean?

The difference between alacrity and is:

alacrity

(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 .

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