Usually means: Eager and brisk in action.
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  1. alacritous: Merriam-Webster
  2. alacritous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alacritous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. alacritous: Vocabulary.com
  5. alacritous: Wordnik
  6. alacritous: Wiktionary
  7. alacritous: Dictionary.com
  8. alacritous: Rhymezone
  9. alacritous: FreeDictionary.org
  10. alacritous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. alacritous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (rare) Brisk, speedy, with alacrity, quick and eager.

Similar:
fast, alert, celeritous, active, snell, nimble, quicksome, light-legged, light-footed, brisky, more...

Opposite:
lethargic, sluggish, slow, lazy, apathetic

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Similar:
fast, alert, celeritous, active, snell, nimble, quicksome, light-legged, light-footed, brisky, more...

Opposite:
lethargic, sluggish, slow, lazy, apathetic



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