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Definition
characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious
or:
intensely or excessively serious
- It makes us very happy indeed to have performed this service for our prisoners and relatives and it is out [sic] earnest wish that no other such instances of this information will be forthcoming.p. 255.2
- You must work for earnest!p. 288.3
- He wrote earnest letters to her father, trying to win him over.p. 342.8
- Describing Jesus rising from his knees after a night of prayer, Graham asked his listeners how long it had been since they'd prayed in earnest.p. 373.1
There are no more uses of "earnest" in Unbroken by Hillenbrand.
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