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Earnestness

EARNESTNESS, n. ern'estness. Ardor or zeal in the pursuit of any thing; eagerness; animated desire; as, to See K or ask with earnestness; to engage in a work with earnestness. 1. Anxious care; solicitude; inte...

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EARNESTNESS, n. ern'estness. Ardor or zeal in the pursuit of any thing; eagerness; animated desire; as, to See K or ask with earnestness; to engage in a work with earnestness.

1. Anxious care; solicitude; intenseness of desire.

2. Fixed desire or attention; seriousness; as,the charge was maintained with a show of gravity and earnestness.

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