quickness and eagerness

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• eagerness — Synonyms and related words: OK, a thing for, acceptance, accord, acquiescence, affinity, affirmation, affirmative, affirmative voice, agreeability, agreeableness, agreement, alacrity, ambition, amenability, animation, anxiety, appetite,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• quickness — Synonyms and related words: ability, abruptness, acuity, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, agility, air speed, airmanship, alacrity, alertness, animation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, aptitude, aptness, artfulness, artisanship,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Socrates and the beginnings of moral philosophy — Hugh H.Benson INTRODUCTION Cicero in Tusculan Disputations famously tells us that Socrates first called philosophy down from the sky, set it in cities and even introduced it into homes, and compelled it to consider life and morals, good and evil …   History of philosophy

• alacrity — a|lac|ri|ty [əˈlækrıti] n [U] formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: alacritas, from alacer lively, eager ] quickness and eagerness with alacrity ▪ She accepted with alacrity …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• alacrity — noun (U) quickness and eagerness: They accepted our offer with alacrity …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• haste — n Haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch are comparable when meaning quickness or swiftness in movement or in action. Haste implies quickness or swiftness in persons rather than in machines, vehicles, or methods of transportation; thus, a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• quick — 1 fleet, swift, rapid, *fast, speedy, expeditious, hasty Analogous words: brisk, nimble, *agile: abrupt, impetuous, *precipitate, headlong 2 Quick, prompt, ready, apt are comparable when they apply to persons, their mental operations, their acts …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Activity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Activity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 activity activity Sgm: N 1 briskness briskness liveliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 animation animation life vivacity spirit dash energy …   English dictionary for students

• celerity — celerity, alacrity, legerity are comparable when they are used in reference to human beings and denote quickness in movement or action. Celerity stresses speed in moving or especially in accomplishing work {she could, when she chose, work with… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• haste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Swiftness Nouns haste, urgency; dispatch; acceleration, spurt, forced march, rush, dash; velocity; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness; impatience, impetuosity; expedition, earliness; hurry,… …   English dictionary for students

• Ted Barratt — Infobox cricketer biography playername = Ted Barrett country = England fullname = Edward D Oyley Barratt nickname = living = partialdates = dayofbirth = 21 monthofbirth = 4 yearofbirth = 1844 placeofbirth = Stockton on Tees, County Durham… …   Wikipedia