Definitions for: Earnestness

[n] the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice
[n] an earnest and sincere feeling

Webster (1913) Definition: Ear"nest*ness, n.
The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.

An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. --W.
Irving.

Synonyms: serious-mindedness, seriousness, seriousness, sincerity, sincerity

Antonyms: frivolity, frivolousness

See Also: commitment, committedness, graveness, gravity, gravity, sedateness, soberness, sobriety, solemness, solemnity, solemnity, somberness, staidness, trait

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