Both Uses of
earnest
in
All the Pretty Horses
- They looked at him earnestly and he nodded and said that it was true.†
Chpt 4 *earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- 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.†
Chpt 4earnestness = 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) 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).