earnestness

1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.

   She spoke with great earnestness about the issue.

   His youthful earnestness impressed the audience.

   an earnest and sincere feeling

1. I can assure you of his earnestness.

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2. She was frightened by the earnestness of his manner.

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3. There was a deadly earnestness about Tom. I think he's serious.

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4. There was such earnestness, such despair, in her manner that her words arrested me, and I stood irresolute before the door.

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5. "Don't you think it's a cruel, barbarous thing to whip a child . . . ANY child?" exclaimed Anne, her face flushing with earnestness.

   de„Findest du es nicht grausam und barbarisch, ein Kind, egal, was für eines, zu schlagen?“ rief Anne hochernster Miene aus.

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