Both Uses of
earnest
in
The Comedy of Errors
- Hold, sir, for God's sake: now your jest is earnest: Upon what bargain do you give it me?†
Scene 2.2 *
- Might'st thou perceive austerely in his eye That he did plead in earnest, yea or no?†
Scene 4.2
Definition:
-
(earnest) characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious or determined