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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. liveliness and eagerness;
- Example: "he accepted with alacrity"
- Example: "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"
[syn: alacrity, briskness, smartness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Briskness \Brisk"ness\, n.
   Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity;
   effervescence.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

briskness
    n 1: liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the
         smartness of the pace soon exhausted him" [syn: alacrity,
         briskness, smartness]