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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: in earnest (0.00919 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to in earnest.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: in earnest
in earnest
adj : characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity
of your opinions;
“both sides were deeply in earnest,
even passionate”;
“an entirely sincere and cruel
tyrant”;
“a film with a solemn social message” [syn:
earnest,
in earnest(p),
sincere,
solemn]
adv : in a serious manner;
“talking earnestly with his son”;
“she
started studying snakes in earnest”;
“a play dealing
seriously with the question of divorce” [syn:
seriously,
earnestly]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: In earnest
Earnest
\Ear"nest\ ([~e]r"n[e^]st), n. [AS. eornost, eornest;
akin to OHG. ernust, G. ernst; cf. Icel. orrosta battle,
perh. akin to Gr. 'orny`nai to excite, L. oriri to rise.]
Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness;
intentness.
[1913 Webster]
Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to
earnest. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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And given in earnest what I begged in jest. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
In earnest, serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly.
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