Both Uses of
earnest
in
The Time Machine
- And he put it to us in this way—marking the points with a lean forefinger—as we sat and lazily admired his earnestness over this new paradox (as we thought it) and his fecundity.†
Chpt 1
- 'Look here,' said the Medical Man, 'are you in earnest about this?†
Chpt 1 *
Definition:
-
(earnest) characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious or determined