All 10 Uses of
earnest
in
The Lords of Discipline
- But I learned something in my long earnest study of my mother.†
Chpt Prol.earnest = sincere or serious
- His voice, fervent and evangelical, carried with it an absolute conviction of the rectitude and efficacy of a society ruled by honor; it quavered slightly and conveyed the earnestness and gentle decency of the speaker.†
Chpt 1.9earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- He stood before me bracing as earnestly as when he entered the room.†
Chpt 1.12 *earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- Pig asked with childlike earnestness.†
Chpt 3.22earnestness = sincerity or seriousness
- I never met this girl even though I tried earnestly toarrange a meeting.†
Chpt 3.30earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- I remembered those moments because there were so few of them and because the sport had tamed me with the knowledge of my own limitations, my earnest mediocrity.†
Chpt 3.30earnest = sincere or serious
- His art was pure; his defender was only earnest.†
Chpt 3.30
- "Listen to me and Tradd," Mark said earnestly.†
Chpt 4.38earnestly = sincerely or seriously
- "Because of words, Mr. Chairman," I said earnestly.†
Chpt 4.41
- Corps Day had not changed at all as I found in Commerce's earnest, lusterless prose.†
Chpt 4.45earnest = 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).