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earnestly - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'earnestly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Earnestly [ adv.]
- In an earnest manner.

Meaning of 'earnestly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . earnestly [ r]
Meaning (1):
- in a serious manner
Example in sentence:
  • a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce;
  • she started studying snakes in earnest;
  • talking earnestly with his son;
  • the speech was weighty and it was weightily delivered

Nearby Words:

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