Both Uses of
earnest
in
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- She felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, 'Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat?' when suddenly, thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.†
Chpt 1
- 'Take some more tea,' the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
Chpt 7 *earnestly = sincerely
Definition:
-
(earnest) characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious or determined