Synonym: decided, determined, devoted, resolute, serious, sincere. Antonym: idle, indolent, lazy. Similar words: wilderness, learn, nest, earnings, learn from, honestly, early warning, year after year. Meaning: ['ɜːnɪst] 
n. something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract. adj. 1. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions 2. earnest 3. not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal.
n. something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract. adj. 1. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions 2. earnest 3. not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal. 
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31. These fanatics are in deadly earnest when they say they want to destroy all forms of government.
32. Although he smiled, Ashley knew he was in deadly earnest.
33. The work on the house will begin in earnest on Monday.
34. No one could tell whether he was in earnest or in jest.
35. She wasn't sure whether he was in earnest or not.
36. I'm in deadly earnest.
37. Make a few test recordings before you start the session in earnest.
38. The race for the White House begins in earnest today.
39. The other night we had quite an earnest talk.
40. Art thou in earnest, or in jest?
41. An earnest attempt at the Wilde life.
42. Now the process begins in earnest.
43. His work begins in earnest this week.
44. Baking begins in earnest weeks ahead.
45. Friends described Jackson as an earnest, hard-working young man.
46. The countdown begins in earnest as early as October.
47. The debate was prolonged and earnest.
48. Bobby sighed and turned to the chairman but he was in earnest conversation with a ponderous constable.
49. Now Alvin set about creating in earnest his groundbreaking modern dance repertory company.
50. Her large eyes had an earnest expression which frequently gave way to laughter.
51. In jest or earnest,[http://sentencedict.com/earnest.html] such a man would not wish to leave this human and more than human mystery unresolved.
52. And yet, despite our earnest desire for happiness, we persist in disregarding the spiritual depths of ourselves.
53. A belief in criticism was an affirmation to be made in earnest assemblies of like minds.
54. I believe he was in earnest when he said he was leaving.
55. Her personality was drab, earnest and humourless and her appearance calculatedly unattractive.
56. He had a freckled face, pale and pointed, rather earnest, still schoolboyish.
57. The November campaign was, if anything, a bit too earnest, with education the main issue.
58. They had not long to wait to discover whether Edward was in earnest or not.
59. This version did receive approval and the weekly cycle of episode recording commenced in earnest.
60. Binyomin and Tsila had not only kissed but were on the verge of becoming man and wife in earnest.
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