All 12 Uses of
earnest
in
The Iceman Cometh
- LEWIS—(earnestly) My dear fellow, I give you my word of honor as an officer and a gentleman, you shall be paid tomorrow.†
Act 1
- HICKEY—(earnestly) No, honest, Harry.†
Act 1
- He has said this with a simple persuasive earnestness.†
Act 2
- (earnestly) I mean every word of that, too--and then some!
Act 2 *earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- (then with a simple earnestness, taking a chair by Larry, and putting a hand on his shoulder) Listen, Larry, you're getting me all wrong.†
Act 2
- HICKEY—(earnestly) Well, isn't that exactly what I want you to do, settle with yourself once and for all?†
Act 2
- His manner changes to deep earnestness.†
Act 2
- Abruptly he becomes sincerely sympathetic and earnest.†
Act 3
- (He addresses the group at right again—earnestly) Listen, everybody.†
Act 4
- HICKEY—(with a strange mad earnestness) Oh, I want to go, Officer.†
Act 4
- (earnestly) De automobile, Boss?†
Act 4
- McGLOIN—(with drunken earnestness) I know you saw how it was, Ed. There was no good trying to explain to a crazy guy, but it ain't the right time.†
Act 4
Definition:
-
(earnest) characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious or determined