All 4 Uses of
earnest
in
As You Like It
- Marry, I pr'ythee, do, to make sport withal: but love no man in good earnest, nor no further in sport neither than with safety of a pure blush thou mayst in honour come off again.†
Scene 1.2 *
- —But, turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest: is it possible, on such a sudden, you should fall into so strong a liking with old Sir Rowland's youngest son?†
Scene 1.3
- By my troth, and in good earnest, and so God mend me, and by all pretty oaths that are not dangerous, if you break one jot of your promise, or come one minute behind your hour, I will think you the most pathetical break-promise, and the most hollow lover, and the most unworthy of her you call Rosalind, that may be chosen out of the gross band of the unfaithful: therefore beware my censure, and keep your promise.†
Scene 4.1
- This was not counterfeit; there is too great testimony in your complexion that it was a passion of earnest.†
Scene 4.3
Definition:
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(earnest) characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious or determined