Friday, March 4, 2011

Aa: Alacrity


Definition


1. Cheerful willingness.
2. Speed of a bullet train.

Cocktail Party Banter


He works with such alacrity that he leaves messes all over the place.  He works like a hurricane.

Literary Reference


Through the arch, half ironic designs suggested to the artist by vaudeville stunts, circus acrobatics, jazz-band acts, and the night life of the streets, he comes into touch with the nervous alacrity, the devil-may-care momentum, the half vulgar erotic flush which creates Broadway, that lane running from New York through the continent unto Alaska. 
Meyer, Peter and Arthur Danto. Brushes with History. City: Nation Books, 2001. pg 190

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