alacrity

alacrity englannista suomeksi

1. reippaus, ripeys, into

0. Substantiivi

1. into

2. ripeys

alacrity englanniksi

1. Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.

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2. 1553 (posth.), (w), ''A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation'', Book I, Chapter 19:

Besides, a wealthy man, well at ease, may pray to God quietly and merrily with alacrity and great quietness of mind, whereas he who lieth groaning in his grief cannot endure to pray nor can he hardly think upon anything but his pain.

3. (RQ:Shakespeare Richard 3)

4. (RQ:Dickens Pickwick Papers)

5. (quote-book)

6. (quote-text)

7. Promptness; speed.

8. (RQ:Thoreau Yankee) Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.

9. (RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness)

10. (quote-web)