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Meanings of great alacrity in English

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Usage of great alacrity in English
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Listen to this: 'The local troops, it is said, behaved with great alacrity.
In for a penny
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The churches submit to the demand for immediacy with great alacrity.
A Preface to Politics
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The order was obeyed with great alacrity, the men all showing great courage.
Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Siste...
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And so I return with great alacrity to pursue a more important concern.
A Tale of a Tub
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And dangerous as was this duty, he proceeded to it with great alacrity.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks / Book Number Fifteen...
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He was overjoyed to see us and dismounted with great alacrity.
Bleak House
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I'm quite sure as he wouldn't, exclaimed Reynolds with great alacrity.
A Tale of a Lonely Parish
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The army now pressed forward, with great alacrity, along the banks of the Aosta.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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The banker took advantage of that opportunity with great alacrity.
All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
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All the officers and men shared my suspicions, and they worked with great alacrity.
Ismailia
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So up she jumped, and set about the business of dressing with great alacrity.
The Wide, Wide World
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With great alacrity, the Neapolitan government sent another load of finer and better quality.
Travels in Morocco, Volume 1.
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Bernard, professing great alacrity, looked about him; but he still lingered near his companions.
Confidence
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So he departed with great alacrity, and left the two young people to themselves.
The Captain's Toll-Gate
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Some of the Americans came over to him, but not with very great alacrity.
Frank Mildmay; Or, The Naval Officer
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They advanced with great alacrity towards the intrenchment, which, however, they found altogether impracticable.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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