adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
in deadly earnest (= completely serious )
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He was in deadly earnest .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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most
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Any struggle rooted in politicized and grass-roots mobilization is bound to overshadow even the most earnest efforts of politically inhibited endeavors.
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The meal in front of them is the topic of their most earnest conversation.
■ NOUN
attempt
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An earnest attempt at the Wilde life.
conversation
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The meal in front of them is the topic of their most earnest conversation .
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I looked round and saw my master in earnest conversation with the monk.
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Bobby sighed and turned to the chairman but he was in earnest conversation with a ponderous constable.
desire
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This provides a firm basis for the new interest in evaluation and an earnest desire for its continued growth.
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She talked about the language for some time, seemingly against her better judgment, drawn by his earnest desire to learn.
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And yet, despite our earnest desire for happiness, we persist in disregarding the spiritual depths of ourselves.
effort
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Under duress, it regularly exercises this will to sabotage the earnest efforts of its well-intentioned host.
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Any struggle rooted in politicized and grass-roots mobilization is bound to overshadow even the most earnest efforts of politically inhibited endeavors.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a group of earnest musicians dressed completely in black
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Friends described Jackson as an earnest , hard-working young man.
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One earnest young man asked De Mille about the philosophical meaning of his films.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is my earnest wish that rugby continues to fulfil this role.
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The debate was prolonged and earnest .
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The other night we had quite an earnest talk.
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There was some earnest grunting and scraping, but no upward progress.
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They belonged to that earnest minority among the privileged, devoted to plain-living and high-thinking.