Definition of earnest

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Earnest (a.) Serious; important.

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Imploration :: Imploration (n.) The act of imploring; earnest supplication.
Glare :: Glare (v. i.) To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely..
Pray :: Pray (v. t.) To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.
Groan :: Groan (v. i.) To strive after earnestly, as with groans..
Earnestful :: Earnestful (a.) Serious.
Entreaty :: Entreaty (n.) The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
Set :: Set (v. i.) To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.
Attention :: Attention (n.) The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or special consideration; earnest consideration, thought, or regard; obedient or affectionate heed; the supposed power or faculty of attending..
Earnest :: Earnest (n.) Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.
Sustained :: Suspired (a.) Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.
Faith :: Faith (n.) The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth..
Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner..
Engaged :: Engaged (a.) Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
Pensive :: Pensive (a.) Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing..
Preach :: Preach (v. t.) To advise or recommend earnestly.
Pant :: Pant (v. i.) Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
Explicit :: Explicit (a.) Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement..
Gloat :: Gloat (v. i.) To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice..
Eager :: Eager (a.) Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase..
Expostulate :: Expostulate (v. i.) To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with..
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