Definition of earnest

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Earnest (a.) Serious; important.

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Supplier :: Supplicatory (a.) Containing supplication; humble; earnest.
Adjuration :: Adjuration (n.) The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal..
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question..
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..
Stare :: Stare (v. t.) To look earnestly at; to gaze at.
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent..
Remonstrance :: Remonstrance (n.) Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation.
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) Earnest inquiry; question; query.
Preach :: Preach (v. t.) To advise or recommend earnestly.
Entreat :: Entreat (v. i.) To make an earnest petition or request.
Reflect :: Reflect (v. i.) To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules..
Arles :: Arles (n. pl.) An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.
Soliitation :: Soliitation (n.) The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) An address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation; as, the charge of a judge to a jury; the charge of a bishop to his clergy..
Dearly :: Dearly (adv.) In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly..
Slack :: Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service..
Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention..
Rhetoric :: Rhetoric (n.) Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling..
Explicit :: Explicit (a.) Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement..
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