All 33 Uses of
earnest
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "Suffer me, also, madame," replied Villefort, "to add my earnest request to Mademoiselle de Saint-Meran's, that you will kindly allow the veil of oblivion to cover and conceal the past.†
Chpt 5-6earnest = sincere or serious
- "Gracious heavens, M. de Villefort," said Renee, becoming more and more terrified; "you surely are not in earnest."†
Chpt 5-6in earnest = serious; or in a serious manner
- What is there I would not do to evince my earnest gratitude!†
Chpt 5-6earnest = sincere or serious
- "O Villefort!" cried Renee, clasping her hands, and looking towards her lover with piteous earnestness, "be merciful on this the day of our betrothal."†
Chpt 5-6earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- Dantes fell on his knees, and prayed earnestly.†
Chpt 13-14 *earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- Caligula or Nero, those treasure-seekers, those desirers of the impossible, would have accorded to the poor wretch, in exchange for his wealth, the liberty he so earnestly prayed for.†
Chpt 13-14
- Yet in spite of his earnest prayers, Dantes remained a prisoner.†
Chpt 15-16earnest = sincere or serious
- "O my God, my God!" murmured he, "I have so earnestly prayed to you, that I hoped my prayers had been heard.†
Chpt 15-16earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- His recital finished, the abbe reflected long and earnestly.†
Chpt 17-18
- They were in earnest conversation.†
Chpt 17-18in earnest = serious; or in a serious manner
- The next morning going on deck, as he always did at an early hour, the patron found Dantes leaning against the bulwarks gazing with intense earnestness at a pile of granite rocks, which the rising sun tinged with rosy light.†
Chpt 22-23earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- Edmond gazed very earnestly at the mass of rocks which gave out all the variety of twilight colors, from the brightest pink to the deepest blue; and from time to time his cheeks flushed, his brow darkened, and a mist passed over his eyes.†
Chpt 23-24earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- Though answered in the negative, he begged so earnestly to be permitted to visit those on the fifth floor, that, in despite of the oft-repeated assurance of the concierge that they were occupied, Dantes succeeded in inducing the man to go up to the tenants, and ask permission for a gentleman to be allowed to look at them.†
Chpt 25-26
- Upon issuing forth from his subterranean retreat at the expiration of five minutes, he found the abbe seated upon a wooden stool, leaning his elbow on a table, while Margotin, whose animosity seemed appeased by the unusual command of the traveller for refreshments, had crept up to him, and had established himself very comfortably between his knees, his long, skinny neck resting on his lap, while his dim eye was fixed earnestly on the traveller's face.†
Chpt 25-26
- The quadrille had been most perfect, and it was evident there was a great demand for a repetition, Carmela alone objecting to it, but the Count of San-Felice besought his daughter so earnestly, that she acceded.†
Chpt 33-34
- The jest, however, soon appeared to become earnest; for when Albert and Franz again encountered the carriage with the contadini, the one who had thrown the violets to Albert, clapped her hands when she beheld them in his button-hole.†
Chpt 35-36earnest = sincere or serious
- "A serious matter," said the count, looking at Franz with the earnestness usual to him; "and what may it be?"†
Chpt 37-38earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- "But tell me now, count," exclaimed Albert, delighted at the idea of having to chaperon so distinguished a person as Monte Cristo; "tell me truly whether you are in earnest, or if this project of visiting Paris is merely one of the chimerical and uncertain air castles of which we make so many in the course of our lives, but which, like a house built on the sand, is liable to be blown over by the first puff of wind?"†
Chpt 37-38in earnest = serious; or in a serious manner
- "Is your excellency really in earnest?" inquired the steward.†
Chpt 45-46
- The count then motioned the valet de chambre to retire, and to Ali to follow to his study, where they conversed long and earnestly together.†
Chpt 45-46earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- The young girl raised her tearful eyes towards Monte Cristo as she said with touching earnestness, "Whether we return to the East, you mean to say, my lord, do you not?"†
Chpt 49-50earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- "He gave no other name," answered Julie, looking earnestly at the count, "than that at the end of his letter—'Sinbad the Sailor.'†
Chpt 49-50earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- "Madame," replied Monte Cristo gravely, and gazing earnestly on the two liquid pearls that trickled down Julie's cheeks, "had Lord Wilmore seen what I now see, he would become attached to life, for the tears you shed would reconcile him to mankind;" and he held out his hand to Julie, who gave him hers, carried away by the look and accent of the count.†
Chpt 49-50
- On the evening of one of the warmest days spring had yet bestowed on the inhabitants of Paris, might be seen negligently thrown upon the stone bench, a book, a parasol, and a work-basket, from which hung a partly embroidered cambric handkerchief, while at a little distance from these articles was a young woman, standing close to the iron gate, endeavoring to discern something on the other side by means of the openings in the planks,—the earnestness of her attitude and the fixed gaze with which she seemed to seek the object of her wishes, proving how much her feelings were interested in the matter.†
Chpt 51-52earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- You must know I felt so interested in the splendid roan horse, with his elegant little rider, so tastefully dressed in a pink satin jacket and cap, that I could not help praying for their success with as much earnestness as though the half of my fortune were at stake; and when I saw them outstrip all the others, and come to the winning-post in such gallant style, I actually clapped my hands with joy.†
Chpt 53-54
- Noirtier cast an appealing look on Valentine, which look was at once so earnest and imperative, that she answered immediately.†
Chpt 59-60earnest = sincere or serious
- Valentine and the old man heard this conversation, and Noirtier fixed his eye so earnestly on Valentine that she felt bound to answer to the look.†
Chpt 59-60earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- Eugenie bowed coldly to the count, and availed herself of the first moment when the conversation became earnest to escape to her study, whence very soon two cheerful and noisy voices being heard in connection with occasional notes of the piano assured Monte Cristo that Mademoiselle Danglars preferred to his society and to that of M. Cavalcanti the company of Mademoiselle Louise d'Armilly, her singing teacher.†
Chpt 75-76earnest = sincere or serious
- "Ah, indeed?" said Monte Cristo, looking earnestly at the young man, and by an imperceptible movement turning his chair, so that he remained in the shade while the light fell full on Maximilian's face.†
Chpt 93-94earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- "Well," said the Count, astonished at his perseverance, which he could not understand, and looking still more earnestly at Maximilian, "let it begin again,—it is like the house of the Atreidae; [*] God has condemned them, and they must submit to their punishment.†
Chpt 93-94
- "I am all attention," said Eugenie, looking so earnestly at her father that it was an effort for the latter to endure her unrelenting gaze.†
Chpt 95-96
- "What, even for me?" said the baroness, half jesting, half in earnest.†
Chpt 99-100in earnest = serious; or in a serious manner
- In that earnest look might be read a deep reproach, as well as a terrible menace.†
Chpt 107-108earnest = sincere or serious
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) 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).