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.
