Earnest - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
adjective
- not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal (syn: businesslike)
Extra examples
He was in earnest conversation with a young girl.
Books are an addiction, that, when aroused in earnest, is rarely calmed.
The divorce proceedings began in earnest, and they were earnestly vile.
On Easter Monday the rain began in earnest.
I'll accept only an earnest apology from you.
...despite the earnest expostulations of her friends, Jessica continued to date the foul-tempered guy...
Looking at me with such apparently earnest, wide-open eyes.
He was in deadly earnest (=completely serious).
On Monday your training begins in earnest!
She wasn't sure whether he was in earnest or not.
Although he smiled, Ashley knew he was in deadly earnest.
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