All 3 Uses of
earnest
in
The Age of Innocence
- But none of these young men had much hope of really advancing in his profession, or any earnest desire to do so; and over many of them the green mould of the perfunctory was already perceptibly spreading.†
Chpt 14
- She laid her hand lightly on his arm, and he pleaded earnestly: "Ellen—why won't you tell me what's happened?"†
Chpt 15 *
- And he understood for the first time the earnestness with which May, who was incapable of tying a ribbon in her hair to charm him, had gone through the solemn rite of selecting and ordering her extensive wardrobe.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(earnest) characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious or determined