Results for earnest
Definitions of earnest:
part of speech: adjective
Showing strong desire: determined: eager to obtain: intent: sincere.
part of speech: noun
Money given in hand to assure a bargain; first- fruits; pledge; assurance; in Scot.
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
Money given in token of a bargain made: a pledge: first- fruits: ( fig.) anything which gives assurance, pledge, promise, or indication of what is to follow.
part of speech: adjective
Serious in speech or action; zealous; eager; ardent; hearty.
part of speech: adjective
Done with a will; with hearty endeavour to attain the end aimed at; eager to obtain; zealous; sincere; serious.
part of speech: noun
A portion of something given or done in advance as a pledge.
part of speech: noun
Usage examples for earnest:
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In earnest it's true; I heard a Senatour speake it.
"Coriolanus", Shakespeare, William -
Besides, he'd always got about what he wanted before, and this time he was in dead earnest
"On With Torchy", Sewell Ford -
He was in earnest
"The Wishing-Ring Man", Margaret Widdemer -
Never more earnest in my life.
"The Progressionists, and Angela.", Conrad von Bolanden