transcription, транскрипция: [ ɜ:(r)nɪst ]
1.
If something is done or happens in earnest , it happens to a much greater extent and more seriously than before.
Campaigning will begin in earnest tomorrow...
= seriously
PHRASE : PHR after v
2.
Earnest people are very serious and sincere in what they say or do, because they think that their actions and beliefs are important.
Ella was a pious, earnest woman...
ADJ
• ear‧nest‧ness
He was admired by many for his earnestness.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If you are in earnest , you are sincere in what you are doing and saying.
No one could tell whether he was in earnest or in jest.
PHRASE : usu v PHR , v-link PHR