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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an earnest and sincere feeling;
[syn: earnestness, seriousness, sincerity]

2. the trait of being serious;
- Example: "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice
[syn: seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Earnestness \Ear"nest*ness\, n.
   The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.
   [1913 Webster]

         An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. --W.
                                                  Irving.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

earnestness
    n 1: an earnest and sincere feeling [syn: earnestness,
         seriousness, sincerity]
    2: the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not
       necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [syn:
       seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness,
       sincerity] [ant: frivolity, frivolousness]