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in earnest
adjective as in sobersided
Weak matches
- austere
- bound
- bound and determined
- businesslike
- cold sober
- contemplative
- deadpan
- deliberate
- determined
- downbeat
- earnest
- funereal
- genuine
- go for broke
- grave
- grim
- honest
- intent
- long-faced
- meditative
- no-nonsense
- pensive
- pokerfaced
- reflective
- resolute
- resolved
- sedate
- set
- severe
- sincere
- sober
- solemn
- staid
- steady
- stern
- thoughtful
- unhumorous
- unsmiling
- weighty
adverb as in seriously
Strongest matches
Strong match
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Example Sentences
Nothing has pleased me so much, in a long time, as to see him such a dead-in-earnest, dyed-in-the-wool officer as he is now.
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His dangerous, dead-in-earnest game of escape had no happy ending of reunion with his father.
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It is always your “dead-in-earnest” man that gets up persecutions.
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The dance was in full swing—a vehement, rhythmic, dead-in-earnest ranch dance.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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