Both Uses of "earnest" in "All the Pretty Horses"

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Both Uses

earnest
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All the Pretty Horses
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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 4

earnestness = sincerity or seriousness

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Definitions:

(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).