earnestness

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earnestness

/ˈɝnɪstnəs/ US
/ˈɜːnɪstnəs/ UK

noun earnestnesses

countable, uncountable The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness. 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttps://web.archive.org/web/20120323195428/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ She’s joined, on the boys’ side, by Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a baker’s son whose earnestness masks a gift for strategy that Katniss lacks.

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noun quality of being earnest

Ελληνικά	φιλότιμο filótimo, ειλικρίνεια eilikríneia

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@misc{earnestness_2026,
  title = {earnestness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/earnestness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}