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Definition of alacritous in English: alacritousadjective əˈlakrɪtəs rare Brisk or lively. she danced her solos with vigour and alacritous changes of focus Example sentencesExamples - I picked that passage because I think that even if it doesn't embody his whole range, it at least reflects his fondness for alacritous swerves of phrasing.
- Suzanne Farrell has called Barocco twenty minutes of heaven, and to be among its eight alacritous corps dancers was a privilege reserved for the company's most experienced girls.
- Watching their measures, grave and alacritous, under Karoui's unflagging baton, was an unalloyed pleasure.
- She danced her solos with a stage-devouring vigor and alacritous changes of focus that thrilled me, as did Fairchild in his own solos.
- Judging from the alacritous response to ' Truths Revealed ' - his latest show at the Everard Read - the risk has certainly paid off.
Synonyms quick, rapid, fast, swift, speedy, fleet-footed
Origin Mid 19th century: from alacrity + -ous. |