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Definition
characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious
or:
intensely or excessively serious
- 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, and he definitely noticed, because he'd seen this movie a hundred times, so really he was only watching it to watch me watch it, and I could feel his glances over at me, and even though I had my jacket zipped, he obviously had noticed the mad, wet mustache on my sopping upper lip.p. 157.6
- 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. 241.2
There are no more uses of "earnest" in Turtles All the Way Down.
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