Earnest
Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.
Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers.
Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention.
Serious; important.
To use in earnest.
Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come.
Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale.
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Earnest Quotations
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
Winston Churchill
The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.
Henry David Thoreau
It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.
Barack Obama
Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.
Charles Dickens
This man is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, he's Frank and in Chicago he's Ernest.
Henny Youngman
That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.
Charlie Chaplin
Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.
Marcus Garvey
My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
Robert E. Lee
We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Earnest Translations
earnest in Danish is alvorlig
earnest in Dutch is serieus, ernstig, bona fide, stemmig
earnest in Finnish is vakava
earnest in German is ernst
earnest in Italian is serio, grave
earnest in Norwegian is alvorlig
earnest in Spanish is serio
earnest in Swedish is allvar, allvarlig
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