Both Uses
earnest
in
The Secret Sharer
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- His dominant trait was to take all things into earnest consideration.†
*earnest = sincere or serious
- And the proof of it was his earnest whisper, "The man told you he hardly dared to give the order."†
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).