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EARNESTLY

Pronunciation (US):

• EARNESTLY (adverb)
The adverb EARNESTLY has 1 sense:

1. in a serious manner

Familiarity information: EARNESTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

• EARNESTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

In a serious manner

Synonyms:

earnestly; in earnest; seriously

Context examples:

talking earnestly with his son / she started studying snakes in earnest / a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce

Pertainym:

earnest (characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions)

"Talk the hind legs off a donkey."
(English proverb)
"The rain falls on the just and the unjust."
(Native American proverb, Hopi)
"If you are saved from the lion, do not be greedy and hunt it."
(Arabic proverb)
"What comes easily is lost easily."
(Egyptian proverb)

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