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earnestly
[ ur-nist-lee ]
adverb
- with deep and sincere feeling; seriously:
After earnestly delivering a sermon on helping people in need, the pastor was gratified to see the record number of donations to the shelter.
Word History and Origins
Origin of earnestly1
Example Sentences
Let’s begin with Jesse Watters — Fox News’ enthusiastic golden retriever in a blazer — who earnestly declared that “the tariffs are for the children.”
And it is done earnestly and with very good intentions.
Before Trump’s inauguration, some had earnestly offered to work cooperatively with Musk to draw up a blueprint for gradual government reform.
“I’m trying to roll with it. I’m trying,” Harry earnestly says — and we can see that, which is what makes Wallace’s performance so winning.
The show offers a vision of trans childhood that earnestly asks not for mere tolerance or acceptance but for affirmation.
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