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121in earnest — with full effort and attention. Peace talks began in earnest after four days of bloody fighting in September. Usage notes: usually used to emphasize a change from a period of less effort or attention: The presidential campaign began in earnest on …
122in earnest — 1) we are in earnest about stopping crime Syn: serious, sincere, wholehearted, genuine; committed, firm, resolute, determined 2) he started writing in earnest Syn: zealously, purposefully, determinedly …
123in earnest — ► in earnest with sincere and serious intention. Main Entry: ↑earnest …
124in earnest — adverb 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 • Derived from adjective: ↑earnest …
125(the) Importance of Being Earnest — The Importance of Being Earnest [The Importance of Being Earnest] a comedy play by Oscar Wilde, first performed in 1895. A young man, Jack Worthing, wants to marry the daughter of Lady Bracknell, but Lady Bracknell disapproves of him because he… …
126HMS Earnest (1896) — HMS Earnest was a B class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son Company, Birkenhead, in 1896 …
127Hooton, Earnest A. — ▪ American anthropologist in full Earnest Albert Hooton born November 20, 1887, Clemansville, Wisconsin, U.S. died May 3, 1954, Cambridge, Massachusetts American physical anthropologist who investigated human evolution and so called… …
128give in earnest — index pawn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …