earnestness

«earnestness» in Mova's school dictionary: being serious and sincere, meaning what you say and do — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (no plural)

meaning for a pupil

Earnestness is being serious and sincere, meaning what you say and do. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a speaker who talks with deep feeling; in lessons it shows you are keen and sincere

examples

• He spoke with great earnestness. tree →
• Her earnestness made everyone listen. tree →
• She worked with such earnestness that she finished first. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «earnestness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.