earnestly

[ur-nist-lee]

adverb

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of earnestly¹

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

Example Sentences

The world’s richest men are earnestly talking about traveling to outer space to build gigantic data centers to train AI models among the stars.

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The world’s richest men are earnestly talking about traveling to outer space to build gigantic data centers to run artificial-intelligence models among the stars.

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Yet Amélie, who earnestly narrates events as though each fragment of existence is an urgent matter, is perfectly content in her bubble.

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He earnestly thanked his fans for acknowledging the contributions of Latinos in the U.S.

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Eliot — no stranger to feline alter egos — responded earnestly to a poetic quibble.

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Related Words

• seriously 
• sincerely 
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