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alacrity-noun  [uh-lak-ri-tee]
1. cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
2. liveliness; briskness.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alacrity

Such was his alacrity that scarcely had they asked for volunteers for the committee when he was named him as the head of it.
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