All 26 Uses of
earnest
in
The Fountainhead
- I am sorry that I haven't had a long, earnest talk with you much earlier...I know, I know, I know, don't interrupt me, you've seen a modernistic building or two, and it gave you ideas.†
Chpt 1.1earnest = sincere or serious
- Keating displayed an earnest knowledge of the subject, though he had never heard of old porcelain till the night before, which he had spent at the public library.†
Chpt 1.5
- # The letter on Cameron's desk informed him regretfully that after earnest consideration, the board of directors of the Security Trust Company had not been able to accept his plans for the building to house the new Astoria branch of the Company and that the commission had been awarded to the firm of Gould & Pettingill.†
Chpt 1.5
- "There was one, Red," he said earnestly, over his fifth beer, "one only and you'd be too young to know about him, but that was the only man that knew building.†
Chpt 1.7earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- The heavy earnestness of that sentence was such a hint that Keating's lips moved to shape a soft whistle, but he caught himself in time.†
Chpt 1.10earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- "Dominique, my dear," he said, with earnest, sincere concern, "I wish I'd been your father.†
Chpt 1.12earnest = sincere or serious
- She said earnestly: "Peter, if I ever want to punish myself for something terrible, if I ever want to punish myself disgustingly—I'll marry you.†
Chpt 1.14earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- And had added, with his charming knack for destroying the earnestness of his own moment: "I like to indulge in the luxury of commenting solely upon interesting subjects.†
Chpt 2.3earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- But the earnest attention in his eyes changed him, his mocking gaiety vanished and he forgot his own advice, he was being serious, very serious indeed.†
Chpt 2.4earnest = sincere or serious
- A little later Keating heard Toohey saying solemnly in the midst of some earnest discussion: "Happiness?†
Chpt 2.6
- I am—essentially—such an earnest, single-toned Puritan that I must allow myself another color occasionally—to relieve the monotony.†
Chpt 2.8
- Then the smile vanished, and Francon's face looked earnest, peaceful, frankly aged, in one of his rare flashes of genuine dignity.†
Chpt 2.8
- He was willing to discuss—with the same gentle, earnest concentration—the choice of classes, or love affairs, or—most particularly—the selection of a future career.†
Chpt 2.9
- Once, at a party, a smug, boorish businessman listened to Toohey's earnest social theories for a while and said complacently: "Well, I wouldn't know much about all that intellectual stuff.†
Chpt 2.9
- Hopton Stoddard spoke slowly; it sounded earnest and impressive, but was due to the fact that he had memorized his speeches almost verbatim.†
Chpt 2.10
- Mallory spoke earnestly, his voice sober.†
Chpt 2.11earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- He looked at her silently, his face earnest, his eyes gentle.
Chpt 2.13 *earnest = sincere
- Then his face became earnest again.†
Chpt 2.13earnest = sincere or serious
- She said earnestly: "I forgive you, Peter."†
Chpt 2.13earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- After the Stoddard trial many earnest discussions were held informally in the club rooms of the A.G.A. The attitude of the A.G.A. toward Ellsworth Toohey had not been cordial, particularly since the establishment of his Council.†
Chpt 2.15earnest = sincere or serious
- The voice was not mocking, but earnest.†
Chpt 2.15
- "I can't work for you, Mr. Wynand," he said with desperate earnestness, "because you...you have no ideals."†
Chpt 3.1earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- His manner puzzled her: it was gay, but the sense of calm in the gaiety suggested a peculiar earnestness.†
Chpt 3.4
- Her fingers were not clinging tensely against the rail, betraying a need of support, giving importance to the moment; they relaxed and closed about the rail; as if she had taken hold of some reins, carelessly, because the occasion required no earnest effort any longer.†
Chpt 3.4earnest = sincere or serious
- Wynand's voice, refusing earnestness, refusing guilt, had sounded exactly like the voice that had said: "Forget the Stoddard Temple.†
Chpt 4.4earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- It was an earnest occupation, giving her full contentment.†
Chpt 4.17earnest = 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).