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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.

 

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