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Which word means the opposite of alacrity?

alacrity

[uh-lak-ri-tee] / əˈlæk rɪ ti /




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The energy crisis "certainly gives everyone another reason why they should act with alacrity", the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, told AFP.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

What is helping them meet these deadlines is the industry's alacrity in embracing generative AI.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

So the federal government went to work pursuing ELF members with alacrity, heaping sentence-lengthening terrorism enhancements on members to the point that, by 2006, the group basically ceased to exist.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

They’re both walking encyclopedias of the genre, able to reel off titles of films, popular and obscure, with the alacrity of true aficionados.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

The saw gave forth a single sluggish twang that ceased with lifeless alacrity, leaving the blade in a thin clean curve between Luster’s hand and the floor.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner


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