All 21 Uses of
earnest
in
The Light of Western Stars
- And here she became earnest and appealing.†
Chpt 2earnest = sincere or serious
- "Listen, Alfred," she went on, earnestly, "this is entirely different.†
Chpt 3earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- He kissed her, evidently surprised at her earnestness.†
Chpt 3 *earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- Meanwhile Stillwell was so earnest and zealous that one not familiar with the situation would have believed he was trying to find and reclaim his own son.†
Chpt 8earnest = sincere or serious
- She had come into that squalid hole, Madeline Hammond, earnest enough, kind enough in her own intentions; but she had been almost imperious—a woman habitually, proudly used to being obeyed.†
Chpt 8
- Stewart, you are not in earnest?" cried Madeline, shocked.†
Chpt 9in earnest = serious; or in a serious manner
- In her keen earnestness Madeline saw beneath his cool exterior and was all the more baffled.†
Chpt 9earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- Indeed, I was deeply in earnest with Stewart.†
Chpt 9in earnest = serious; or in a serious manner
- Madeline, I wouldn't deceive you," went on Florence, in an earnest whisper.†
Chpt 10earnest = sincere or serious
- "I imagine that is our loss," said Edith Wayne, in her earnest way.†
Chpt 13
- I hope to die if I'm not in daid earnest," declared the cattleman.†
Chpt 13
- The boys are all turrible in earnest about this gol-lof.†
Chpt 13in earnest = serious; or in a serious manner
- The succeeding players, however, were so poor and so evenly matched that the earnest Stillwell was in despair.†
Chpt 13earnest = sincere or serious
- "If you had not been a rebel soldier, where would Madeline Hammond be now?" she asked, earnestly.†
Chpt 14earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- There was a gang of bandits hid somewheres, an' at fust Pat Hawe hed been powerful active an' earnest in his huntin'.†
Chpt 14earnest = sincere or serious
- Don't misunderstand me, dear," went on Edith, earnestly, as she laid her hand on Madeline's.†
Chpt 16earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- Castleton ceased smoking, adjusted his eyeglass, and prepared to listen in great earnestness.†
Chpt 17earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- They came on up the glade and appeared to be talking earnestly.†
Chpt 18earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- Don Carlos Stewart took Nels, Monty, and Nick Steele aside out of earshot, and they evidently entered upon an earnest colloquy.†
Chpt 19earnest = sincere or serious
- Her sister and friends were kindly and earnestly persistent in their entreaties that she go back East with them.†
Chpt 20earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- It's amazin' strange how earnest you are to hunt down the man who killed that particular Greaser.†
Chpt 20earnest = sincere or serious
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).