"earnest" meaning in Anglais

See earnest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ˈɜːɹ.nɪst\, ˈɝ.nɪst Audio: En-us-earnest.ogg Forms: earnester [comparative], earnestest [superlative], more earnest [comparative], most earnest [superlative]
  1. Sérieux.
    Sense id: fr-earnest-en-adj-ZY8JouP~ Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
  2. Sincère.
    Sense id: fr-earnest-en-adj-JqcUp7bO Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: earnestly, earnestness

Noun

IPA: \ˈɜːɹ.nɪst\, ˈɝ.nɪst Audio: En-us-earnest.ogg Forms: earnests [plural]
  1. Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
    Sense id: fr-earnest-en-noun-HZ5rnInw Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Définitions manquantes en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    "Apparenté à ernst (« sérieux ») en allemand."
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          "text": "Just ahead walked Lakla in earnest talk with Rador, and content enough was I for a time to watch her.",
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          "ref": "Bion de Borysthène, cité par Plutarque, Œuvres morales, 965 A-B",
          "text": "Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, yet the frogs do not die in sport but in earnest.",
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