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in earnest
adjective as in sobersided
Weak matches
- austere
- bound
- bound and determined
- businesslike
- cold sober
- contemplative
- deadpan
- deliberate
- determined
- downbeat
- earnest
- funereal
- genuine
- go for broke
- grave
- grim
- honest
- intent
- long-faced
- meditative
- no-nonsense
- pensive
- pokerfaced
- reflective
- resolute
- resolved
- sedate
- set
- severe
- sincere
- sober
- solemn
- staid
- steady
- stern
- thoughtful
- unhumorous
- unsmiling
- weighty
adverb as in seriously
Strongest matches
Strong match
Example Sentences
Jessica watched a raft of online videos and training began in earnest.
The Cymru Connection, where James has 60 seconds to find a mutual connection, began in earnest when a Welshman living in Japan called James' Radio 5 Live show and podcast last year.
Programmes resembling DEI first emerged in earnest in the US in the 1960s, in the wake of the civil rights movement that fought to protect and expand the rights of black Americans.
Trump’s executive orders fulfill months of campaign pledges to end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in American workplaces — initiatives that, for many companies, were only adopted in earnest following the 2020 murder of George Floyd.
That pursuit began in earnest Monday, when Glasnow made his first Cactus League start of the spring in the Dodgers’ 8-1 loss against the Cincinnati Reds at Goodyear Ballpark.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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