Both Uses
earnest
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A Good Man is Hard to Find AND OTHER STORIES
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- He paused and gave her a straight earnest look and said, "Lady, I've come to speak of serious things.†
Story 9.earnest = sincere or serious
- "He who losest his life shall find it," he said simply and he was so sincere, so genuine and earnest that: Mrs. Hopewell would not for the world have smiled.†
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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) 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).