View synonyms for earnestly

earnestly

[ ur-nist-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

with deep and sincere feeling; seriously:
After earnestly delivering a sermon on helping people in need, the pastor was gratified to see the record number of donations to the shelter.

First recorded before 1000; earnest ¹( def ) + -ly

She spoke earnestly and openly about her struggles with royal life and her fractured marriage to a man who she suggested wasn’t fit to be king.

From Time

Then, as he dutifully, yet earnestly, always does, Drew comes back to a positive place: the message.

Nor will they reach any satisfying conclusions about life itself no matter how earnestly they pursue them.

So even the most ridiculous lines have to be said earnestly.

Never have so many earnestly disagreed so much so quickly about so few words in the text of a document so old.

Reverend Graham drew the meeting to a close by earnestly thanking the president for making the trip up the mountain.

The Alcalde was kneeling by his side, gazing sadly and earnestly into the face of the dying man.

Murat, who had earnestly begged to be allowed to share the Austrian campaign of 1809, was delighted to serve in person.

I hope that you never will grow up, said Tessa, earnestly, every thing is just as bad as you can dream.

He threw the Matin on the grass, and, doubling himself up in his chair regarded her earnestly.

A womans heart is not made of grains of sand to be blown hither and thither by a mans breath, she said very earnestly.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

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