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in earnest (encz) | in earnest, adv: |
In earnest (gcide) | 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.
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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.
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In earnest, serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly.
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in earnest (wn) | in earnest
adv 1: 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, in earnest] |
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be in earnest (encz) | be in earnest,myslet to vážně [fráz.] Pino |
In earnest (gcide) | 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.
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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.
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In earnest, serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly.
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