earnestness

Pronunciation:		'urnustnus
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [n] an earnest and sincere feeling

	Synonyms:	serious-mindedness, seriousness, seriousness, sincerity, sincerity

	Antonyms:	frivolity, frivolousness

	See Also:	commitment, committedness, graveness, gravity, gravity, sedateness, soberness, sobriety, solemness, solemnity, solemnity, somberness, staidness, trait

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Ear"nest*ness\, n. The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety. An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. --W. Irving.

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