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Earnest

adjective

Characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions. Synonyms: sincere, solemn. "An entirely sincere and cruel tyrant" , "A film with a solemn social message"

Earnest. Synonyms: dear, devout, heartfelt. "Devout wishes for their success" , "Heartfelt condolences"

Not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal. Synonym: businesslike.

noun

Something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract.

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"Earnest" Quotes from Famous Books

... the long journey over the mountains she had been gay and bright, while now, when they were about to part, perhaps never to meet again, she showed him the deeper and more earnest side of her character. It checked his boldness as nothing else had done. Suddenly there came to him the real meaning of a woman's love when she bestows it without reservation. Silenced by the thought ...

— The Spirit of the Border - A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley • Zane Grey

... relentless Fiddle harmonics on the sensual strings Heart to keep guard and bury the bones you tossed him Holding to the refusal, for the sake of consistency I don't count them against women (moods) I never knew till this morning the force of No in earnest I wanted a hero I'm in love with everything she wishes! I've got the habit If he had valued you half a grain less, he might have won you Infatuated men argue likewise, and scandal does not move them It is the devil's masterstroke to get us to accuse ...

— Quotations from the Works of George Meredith • David Widger

... and prefer the meanest handicraft. You have no right to be preaching anything doubtful. You are aware what my creed is. I profess no belief in God, and no belief in what hangs upon it. Try and name now, any earnest conviction you possess, and see whether you have a single one which ...

— The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford • Mark Rutherford

... her. 'Tis a thing I regret: 'twas a kiss so lacking in earnest protraction—so without warmth and vigor. 'Twas the merest brushing of her cheek. I wish I had kissed her, like a man, in the fulness of desire I felt; but I was bound, in the last light of that day, to John Cather, ...

— The Cruise of the Shining Light • Norman Duncan

... I think a very good suggestion—for me to go to Pensham to stay a week after Christmas, and then go in for.... What do you call it?... the Self-denying Ordinance in earnest afterwards. You ...

— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan

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