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Definition
characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious
or:
intensely or excessively serious
- They looked at him earnestly and he nodded and said that it was true.Chapter 4 (0% in)
- He said these things to me with great earnestness and great gentleness and in the light from the portal I could see that he was crying and I knew that it was my soul he wept for.Chapter 4 (20% in)
There are no more uses of "earnest" in All the Pretty Horses.
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