Word Meanings - OVEREARNEST - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Too earnest. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ly, adv. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ness, n.
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- EARNEST
Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness. Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest. Sir P. Sidney. And given in earnest what I begged in jest. Shak. In earnest, serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly. - EARNESTLY
In an earnest manner. - EARNESTNESS
The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety. An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. W. Irving. - EARNESTFUL
Serious. Chaucer. - OVEREARNEST
Too earnest. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ly, adv. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ness, n.