earnest🔊

Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.

Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence)

To be serious with; use in earnest.

Serious or honest.

Focused in the pursuit of an objective; eager to obtain or do.

Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.

Possessing or characterized by seriousness.

Strenuous; diligent.

Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.

A sum of money paid in advance as a deposit; hence, a pledge, a guarantee, an indication of something to come.