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Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
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- Planning for the war game began in earnest in the summer of 2000.†
Chpt 4in earnest = serious; or in a serious manner
- He is polite and thoughtful and unexpectedly modest, and he talks with the quiet earnestness of a graduate student.†
Chpt 5 *earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
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).