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Definition
characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious
or:
intensely or excessively serious
- He is polite and thoughtful and unexpectedly modest, and he talks with the quiet earnestness of a graduate student.Five — Kenna's Dilemma (2% in)
- Planning for the war game began in earnest in the summer of 2000.Four — Paul Van Riper's Big Victory (9% in)
There are no more uses of "earnest" in Blink.
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