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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Earnestness \Ear"nest*ness\, noun The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.
An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. --W. Irving.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
earnestness
noun
1: an earnest and sincere feeling [syn: {seriousness}, {sincerity}]
2: the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [syn: {seriousness}, {serious-mindedness}, {sincerity}] [ant: {frivolity}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "earnestness": abandon, absorption, advertence, advertency, alertness, ardency, ardor, assiduity, assiduousness, attention, attention span, attentiveness, awareness, care, commitment, committedness, concentration, consciousness, consideration, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, decorousness, dedication, definiteness, deliberation, demureness, determinateness, determination, determinedness, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, diligence, doggedness, ear, earnest, engrossment, faith, faithfulness, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fire, firmness, formality, gravity, grimness, heartiness, heat, heatedness, heed, heedfulness, impassionedness, intensity, intentiveness, intentness, long face, loyalty, mindfulness, note, notice, observance, observation, obstinacy, passion, passionateness, perseverance, persistence, purpose, purposefulness, regard, regardfulness, relentlessness, remark, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, respect, sedateness, self-will, seriousness, sincerity, single-mindedness, sober-mindedness, soberness, sobersidedness, sobersides, sobriety, solemnity, solemnness, somberness, spirit, staidness, straight face, tenacity, thought, thoughtfulness, total commitment, vehemence, warmth, weightiness, will, zeal
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