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alacrity uh-LACK-rih-tee

noun: A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.

Alacrity comes from Latin alacritas, from alacer, lively. "My mother turns on the fan with excessive alacrity for these dark monsoon days." --Norma Field