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earnestness
[ ur-nist-nis ]
noun
- seriousness and zeal in intention, purpose, or effort:
Socrates was a man of great moral earnestness, and exemplified in his own life some of the noblest virtues.
- depth and sincerity of feeling:
Speak with conviction and earnestness, and the people watching and listening will believe you.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of earnestness1
Example Sentences
As a spiritually inclined, politically committed itinerant, John is Hester’s polar opposite, poking at her beliefs with the earnestness of a college student drunk on Howard Zinn.
He lent the show the same perkiness that buoyed his previous efforts, albeit with an appropriation addition of earnestness.
Moody's earnestness is funny, but it's not like his attitude is all that different from that of his hero, Donald Trump.
The end result is totally overblown, smothering the stripped-back earnestness of the original.
The film is a bewitching spectacle, a classic holiday season event movie that brims with enough earnestness to keep even its fluffiest moments from becoming corny intellectual property slop.
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