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   What does earnestness mean?

   • seriedad, formalidad… seriedade… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! EARNESTNESS definition: 1. determination and seriousness, especially when this is without humour: 2. determination and….

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   How do you describe earnestness in a poem?

   • Earnestness is a quality of sincere interest, belief, or opinion. The earnestness with which you recite your favorite poem might make your English class stop whispering and really listen. Your favorite history teacher's earnestness can be seen in the serious, intense way he talks about the Civil War or Prohibition.

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   Is earnestness a strength or a weakness?

   • Earnestness was both one of the group's greatest strengths -- it believed passionately in the rhetoric it espoused -- and one of its downfalls. The moment went viral, as these things do, because her passion and earnestness were a bit silly. The earnestness of these arguments is touching but idealistic.

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   What is the importance of not being in earnest?

   • The importance of not being in earnest carries with it the sound of what must be discounted: particularly, goodness. Her earnest attempts to explain away the authorities' "natural" reaction belie, however, the ironic, knowing quality of her writing. Long and earnest study of the subject enabled us to become tri-lingual.

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   Why do we start our argument in earnest?

   • We now begin our argument in earnest at the point of tension between realism and liberalism. The importance of not being in earnest carries with it the sound of what must be discounted: particularly, goodness. Her earnest attempts to explain away the authorities' "natural" reaction belie, however, the ironic, knowing quality of her writing.

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   What is the difference between staid and earnest?

   • staid suggests a settled, accustomed sedateness and prim self-restraint. sober stresses seriousness of purpose and absence of levity or frivolity. earnest suggests sincerity or often zealousness of purpose. AdjectiveBarnum's antics provoked tongue-in-cheek reporting and nods and winks in the newspapers, but no earnest cries of humbug.

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   EARNEST definition: 1. serious and determined, especially too serious and unable to find your own actions funny: 2…. Learn more.

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   Earnestness is a quality of sincere interest, belief, or opinion. The earnestness with which you recite your favorite poem might make your English class stop whispering and really listen.

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   the quality of being very serious and sincere. I had always admired the intense earnestness of his character. Definition of earnestness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Oct 7, 2011 · The meaning of EARNEST is characterized by or proceeding from an intense and serious state of mind. How to use earnest in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Earnest.

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   Earnestness definition: seriousness and zeal in intention, purpose, or effort. See examples of EARNESTNESS used in a sentence.