Earnestness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Earnestness \Ear"nest*ness\, n.
     The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. --W.
                                                    Irving.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  earnestness
       n 1: an earnest and sincere feeling [syn: {seriousness}, {sincerity}]
       2: the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not
          necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [syn: {seriousness},
           {serious-mindedness}, {sincerity}] [ant: {frivolity}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "earnestness":
     abandon, absorption, advertence, advertency, alertness, ardency,
     ardor, assiduity, assiduousness, attention, attention span,
     attentiveness, awareness, care, commitment, committedness,
     concentration, consciousness, consideration, decidedness, decision,
     decisiveness, decorousness, dedication, definiteness, deliberation,
     demureness, determinateness, determination, determinedness,
     devotedness, devotion, devoutness, diligence, doggedness, ear,
     earnest, engrossment, faith, faithfulness, fervency, fervidness,
     fervor, fidelity, fire, firmness, formality, gravity, grimness,
     heartiness, heat, heatedness, heed, heedfulness, impassionedness,
     intensity, intentiveness, intentness, long face, loyalty,
     mindfulness, note, notice, observance, observation, obstinacy,
     passion, passionateness, perseverance, persistence, purpose,
     purposefulness, regard, regardfulness, relentlessness, remark,
     resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, respect,
     sedateness, self-will, seriousness, sincerity, single-mindedness,
     sober-mindedness, soberness, sobersidedness, sobersides, sobriety,
     solemnity, solemnness, somberness, spirit, staidness,
     straight face, tenacity, thought, thoughtfulness, total commitment,
     vehemence, warmth, weightiness, will, zeal