Meaning of EARNESTNESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'urnustnus
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- [n] the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice
- [n] an earnest and sincere feeling
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| | Synonyms: | | serious-mindedness, seriousness, seriousness, sincerity, sincerity |
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| | Antonyms: | | frivolity, frivolousness | | |
| | See Also: | | commitment, committedness, graveness, gravity, gravity, sedateness, soberness, sobriety, solemness, solemnity, solemnity, somberness, staidness, trait | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ear"nest*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.
An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. --W.
Irving.
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