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English Dictionary: earnestness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for earnestness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
earnestness n an earnest and sincere feeling [syn: earnestness, seriousness, sincerity] the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice Synonym(s): seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity Antonym(s): frivolity, frivolousness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earnestness \Ear"nestness\, n. The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety. An honest earnestness* in the young man's manner. --W. Irving.