Definition of earnest

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Earnest (n.) Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.

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Zealot :: Zealot (n.) One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan..
Warm :: Warm (a.) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
Hard :: Hard (adv.) With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly..
Remiss :: Remiss (a.) Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow..
Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly..
Stare :: Stare (v. i.) To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object..
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question..
Desire :: Desire (v. t.) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
Ernest :: Ernest (n.) See Earnest.
Evangelical :: Evangelical (a.) Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of Justification by Faith alone; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox..
Beseechment :: Beseechment (n.) The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly.
Conjuration :: Conjuration (n.) The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration..
Clamant :: Clamant (a.) Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously..
Agood :: Agood (adv.) In earnest; heartily.
Piety :: Piety (n.) Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service..
Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention..
Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Serious; important.
Religionist :: Religionist (n.) One earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot.
Rhetoric :: Rhetoric (n.) Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling..
Pray :: Pray (v. t.) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
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