Definition of Earnestness

1. Noun. An earnest and sincere feeling.

Exact synonyms: Seriousness, Sincerity
Generic synonyms: Gravity, Solemnity
Derivative terms: Earnest, Sincere

2. Noun. The trait of being serious. "A lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"

Definition of Earnestness

1. n. The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.

Definition of Earnestness

1. Noun. The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Earnestness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Earnestness

earn a living
earn one's keep
earned
earned media
earned run
earned run average
earned runs
earner
earners
earnest
earnest money
earnester
earnestest
earnestful
earnestly
earnestness (current term)
earnestnesses
earnests
earneth
earnful
earning
earning per share
earnings
earnings report
earnout
earnouts
earns
earnt
earpad
earpads

Literary usage of Earnestness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Hugh Price Hughes' definition of the essential requisites of modern preaching are "simplicity, flexibility, spontaneity and earnestness"—qualities of his ..."

2. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"... earnestness, VEHEMENCE, AVIDITY—ARDOUR IN PURSUIT. ... to feek knowledge with earnestness, to prefs an argument with VEHEMENCE, ..."

3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... ns ho severally came opposite to them, in tho earnestness of his feeling, nnd from wishing to IKS of service to them by making himself ..."

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