Hypertext Webster Gateway: "earnestness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Earnestness \Ear"nest*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.
An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. --W.
Irving.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
earnestness
n 1: an earnest and sincere feeling [syn: {seriousness}, {sincerity}]
2: the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not
necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [syn: {seriousness},
{serious-mindedness}, {sincerity}] [ant: {frivolity}]
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