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Earnest

adjective

Characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions. Synonyms: sincere, solemn. "An entirely sincere and cruel tyrant" , "A film with a solemn social message"

Earnest. Synonyms: dear, devout, heartfelt. "Devout wishes for their success" , "Heartfelt condolences"

Not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal. Synonym: businesslike.

noun

Something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract.

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"Earnest" Quotes from Famous Books

... make an earnest personal request to the reader who is minded to follow the discussion through the following pages, that he will in good faith attempt to do this thing: that he will lay aside for the present his ...

— Monopolies and the People • Charles Whiting Baker

... my soul, Master, what an extraordinary thing!" he ejaculated. "Are you in earnest? Or are you trying to see how much of a fool you can make ...

— Kilmeny of the Orchard • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... herself in an easy chair, in an attitude of graceful abandonment, the earnest brown eyes looking eagerly out from under a tangle of auburn hair, and resting with absorbed admiration upon her father, whose words and movements she followed with unflagging attentiveness. The fastidious ...

— At Fault • Kate Chopin

... and continued trying to find A. At the same time I commenced in earnest to live on fruit and brown bread only, and enjoyed better tone and health every day, so that it was a joy to walk down the street in the sun and exchange glances with passengers a la old Walt. One day in the Botanical Gardens veils seemed ...

— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis

... Mountain Ranch is nearest, and thither Mr. Gray goes first. Mrs. Morpher, over a kneading-trough, with her bare arm whitened with flour, is genuinely grieved at parting with the master, and, in spite of Mr. Gray's earnest remonstrances, insists upon conducting him into the chill parlor, leaving him there until she shall have attired herself in a manner becoming to "company." "I don't want you to go at all—no more I don't," says Mrs. Morpher, with all sincerity, as she seats ...

— The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales • Bret Harte

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