Both Uses of
earnest
in
Turtles All the Way Down
- I tried to breathe in the Dr. Singh—sanctioned way without making it too obvious, but within a few minutes I was sweating in earnest,
p. 157.6 *in earnest = intensely (a lot)
- My whole life I thought I was the star of an overly earnest romance movie, and it turns out I was in a goddamned buddy comedy all along.†
p. 241.2earnest = 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).