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alacritous

ADJECTIVE
speedy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accelerated brisk expeditious hasty hurried immediate prompt rapid swift
WEAK
agile breakneck express fleet harefooted headlong lissome lively nimble precipitate quick-fire rapid-fire ready snappy split-second summary supersonic ultrasonic winged
Antonyms
STRONGEST
delayed leisurely slow sluggish
WEAK
halted slowed tardy
ADJECTIVE
swift
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abrupt expeditious hasty nimble quick rapid speedy sudden unexpected
STRONG
cracking express fleet flying precipitate prompt ready screaming short spanking
WEAK
barrelling breakneck double-quick fleet-footed headlong hurried in nothing flat like crazy like mad on the double pronto shaking a leg short-lived snappy speedball supersonic winged
Antonyms
STRONGEST
delayed expected lazy leisurely slow
WEAK
sluggish

Example Sentences

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Windward attracts hearty, alacritous clients of all ages and experience levels.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

With each alacritous tale of somebody trying to tame or take a Hammons, a kind of pungency set in.

From New York Times • May 4, 2023

About the size of a toddler, Moxie has a teardrop-shaped head, soft hands and alacritous green eyes.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2023

My retreat from the courthouse office was more alacritous than dignified.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa

The irony is that central and east Europe's adaptation was more farfetched and alacritous than the west's.

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Vaknin, Samuel