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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in a serious manner;
- Example: "talking earnestly with his son"
- Example: "she started studying snakes in earnest"
- Example: "a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce"
[syn: seriously, earnestly, in earnest]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Earnestly \Ear"nest*ly\, adv.
   In an earnest manner.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

earnestly
    adv 1: in a serious manner; "talking earnestly with his son";
           "she started studying snakes in earnest"; "a play dealing
           seriously with the question of divorce" [syn:
           seriously, earnestly, in earnest]