Definition of earnestness

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Earnestness (n.) The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.

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Supplicatingly :: Supplicate (v. i.) To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.
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..
Relax :: Relax (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors..
Preacher :: Preacher (n.) One who inculcates anything with earnestness.
Earnestness :: Earnestness (n.) The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.
Heartedness :: Heartedness (n.) Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.
Mockery :: Mockery (n.) The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance..
Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.
Inwardness :: Inwardness (n.) Heartiness; earnestness.
Opportunity :: Opportunity (n.) Importunity; earnestness.
Preach :: Preach (v. t.) To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching.
Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated..
Strive :: Strive (v. i.) To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
Fervor :: Fervor (n.) Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor; passion; holy zeal; earnestness.
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..
Live :: Live (a.) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator..
Intention :: Intention (n.) A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
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..
Solicit :: Solicit (v. t.) To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms..
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