Definition of earnest

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Earnest (a.) Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention..

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Instantly :: Instantly (adv.) With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly.
Pray :: Pray (v. t.) To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
Fierce :: Fierce (superl.) Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent..
Imploration :: Imploration (n.) The act of imploring; earnest supplication.
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
Agitation :: Agitation (n.) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate..
Erotesis :: Erotesis (n.) A figure o/ speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form o/ an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; -.
Affectuous :: Affectuous (a.) Full of passion or emotion; earnest.
Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action..
Adjuration :: Adjuration (n.) The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal..
Earles Penny :: Earles penny () Earnest money. Same as Arles penny.
Religionist :: Religionist (n.) One earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot.
Stare :: Stare (v. t.) To look earnestly at; to gaze at.
Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
Suppliant :: Suppliant (a.) Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
Press :: Press (v.) To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press divine truth on an audience..
Soliitation :: Soliitation (n.) The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.
Remonstrance :: Remonstrance (n.) Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation.
Entreat :: Entreat (v. i.) To make an earnest petition or request.
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