alacriouslyadv.
/əˈlakrɪəsli/, U.S. /əˈlækriəsli/ Now rare.
In an alacrious manner; with alacrity.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > briskly or actively
quiverlyOE
smartc1300
smartlyc1300
spacklya1350
merrilyc1390
sprackly1393
livelyc1425
activelya1500
busilya1513
allegrement1608
alacriously1609
nippily1650
briskly1665
alertly1725
up and doing1817
pert1859
brash1884
stirringly1889
bobbishly1936
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > promptly or readily
rifea1275
readya1325
readilyc1330
eagerly?a1400
vertely?a1400
alacriously1609
1609 T. Tuke Picture True Protestant x. 59 Shall the Diuell labour alacriously to seduce and peruert men?
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety i. 16 He cannot but run alacriously, who has the prize in his Eye.
1674 Govt. Tongue iv. §8. 118 Thus Epaminondas alacriously expired.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Alacriously, cheerfully; without dejection.
1836 G. W. M. Reynolds Parricide II. ii. 295 I do not doubt your affection, and that you would alacriously fulfil your threat.
1912 Cosmopolitan May 793/2 When he invited me to luncheon at the Savoy Hotel,..I accepted alacriously.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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