All 3 Uses of
earnest
in
The Return of the King
- In some other time and place Pippin might have been pleased with his new array, but he knew now that he was taking part in no play; he was in deadly earnest the servant of a grim master in the greatest peril.†
Chpt 5.4 *
- 'For my part I heeded them not,' said Gimli; 'for we came then at last upon battle in earnest.†
Chpt 5.9
- Indeed the force that we lead east need not be great enough for any assault in earnest upon Mordor, so long as it be great enough to challenge battle.†
Chpt 5.9
Definition:
-
(earnest) characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious or determined