All 4 Uses of
earnest
in
The Winter's Tale
- No, in good earnest.†
Scene 1.2 *
- Of this allow, If ever you have spent time worse ere now; If never, yet that Time himself doth say He wishes earnestly you never may.†
Scene 4.1
- Are you in earnest, sir?†
Scene 4.4
- Indeed, I have had earnest; but I cannot with conscience take it.†
Scene 4.4
Definition:
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(earnest) characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious or determined