- adjective
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- serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous: an earnest worker [Webster]
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- Wiktionary:
- earnest @ wiktionary
- WordNet:
- earnest @ wordnet.princeton.edu
- Merriam-Webster Online:
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- MSN Encarta:
- earnest @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- earnest @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
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