in a serious manner; "talking earnestly with his son";
"she started studying snakes in earnest"; "a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce" Synonym(s):seriously, earnestly, in earnest
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earnestly \Ear"nest*ly\, adv.
In an earnest manner.
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