Definition of earnest

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Earnest (a.) Serious; important.

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Demand :: Demand (v. t.) Earnest inquiry; question; query.
Invocation :: Invocation (n.) The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being..
Engaged :: Engaged (a.) Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly..
Suppliant :: Suppliant (a.) Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
Entreat :: Entreat (v. i.) To make an earnest petition or request.
Engagedly :: Engagedly (adv.) With attachment; with interest; earnestly.
Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body..
Jealousy :: "Jealousy (n.) The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover..
Great :: Great (superl.) Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle..
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..
Chase :: Chase (v.) Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt..
Preacher :: Preacher (n.) One who inculcates anything with earnestness.
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..
Serious :: Serious (a.) Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.
Conjure :: Conjure (v. t.) To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.
Fervor :: Fervor (n.) Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor; passion; holy zeal; earnestness.
Glow :: Glow (n.) Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor.
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory..
Spoiled :: Spoffish (a.) Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling.
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