Definitions from Wiktionary (Earnest)

▸ noun:  Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
▸ noun:  Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence)
▸ verb:  (transitive) To be serious with; use in earnest.
▸ adjective:  (said of an action or an utterance) Serious, sincere, ingenuous.
▸ adjective:  (with a positive sense) Focused in the pursuit of an objective; honestly eager to obtain or do.
▸ adjective:  Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
▸ adjective:  (said of a person or a person's character) Possessing or characterised by seriousness.
▸ adjective:  Strenuous; diligent.
▸ adjective:  Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.
▸ noun:  A sum of money paid in advance as a deposit; hence, a pledge, a guarantee, an indication of something to come.
▸ noun:  A male given name from the Germanic languages, of occasional usage, variant of Ernest.

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