Both Uses
earnest
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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- 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!†
Chpt 1earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- 'Take some more tea,' the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
Chpt 7 *earnestly = sincerely
Definitions:
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(1)
(earnest) characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious or determined -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Earnest can also be used as a name (variant spelling of Ernest), or to signify the seriousness of a pledge made (as when earnest money is included with an offer to purchase a home).