Both Uses of
earnest
in
A Good Man is Hard to Find AND OTHER STORIES
- He paused and gave her a straight earnest look and said, "Lady, I've come to speak of serious things.†
Story 9.
- "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.†
Story 9. *
Definition:
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(earnest) characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious or determined