Definition of earnestness in English:
earnestness
noun ˈəːnɪs(t)nəsˈərnəs(t)nəs
mass nounSincere and intense conviction.
he tells his story with intense earnestness
the deadly earnestness of the conversation
Example sentencesExamples
- A mask of moral earnestness may well be a PM's best friend.
- The film is funny, and sweet, and captures that earnestness that goes so well with teen angst.
- I was one of those city editors, and I well recall his great earnestness, amounting almost to moral indignation.
- His problem was not lack of earnestness or sincerity.
- He invests his character's single-minded quest for meaning with a mixture of childlike earnestness and unpredictable aggression.
- Yeah, I'm a cynic, but I don't doubt the earnestness of our heroes.
- At 50, he has a boyish thatch of brown hair and an expression of implacable earnestness.
- But admirers praise his earnestness, humor and congeniality.
- Whilst few doubt his earnestness, many doubt both his room for manoeuvre and his physical ability.
- All these folks bring a serious earnestness to their roles, which nicely matches the show's overall tone.
Definition of earnestness in US English:
earnestness
nounˈərnəs(t)nəsˈərnəs(t)nəs
Sincere and intense conviction.
he tells his story with intense earnestness
the deadly earnestness of the conversation
Example sentencesExamples
- A mask of moral earnestness may well be a PM's best friend.
- The film is funny, and sweet, and captures that earnestness that goes so well with teen angst.
- He invests his character's single-minded quest for meaning with a mixture of childlike earnestness and unpredictable aggression.
- All these folks bring a serious earnestness to their roles, which nicely matches the show's overall tone.
- At 50, he has a boyish thatch of brown hair and an expression of implacable earnestness.
- I was one of those city editors, and I well recall his great earnestness, amounting almost to moral indignation.
- But admirers praise his earnestness, humor and congeniality.
- His problem was not lack of earnestness or sincerity.
- Whilst few doubt his earnestness, many doubt both his room for manoeuvre and his physical ability.
- Yeah, I'm a cynic, but I don't doubt the earnestness of our heroes.