Earnestness

//ˈɝnɪstnəs// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness. countable, uncountable

    "22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ She’s joined, on the boys’ side, by Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a baker’s son whose earnestness masks a gift for strategy that Katniss lacks."

  2. 2
    the trait of being serious wordnet
  3. 3
    an earnest and sincere feeling wordnet

Synonyms

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seriousnesssolemnityabandonabsorptionadvertenceadvertency

Example

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"I can assure you of his earnestness."

Etymology

From earnest + -ness.

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