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in earnest

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Nothing has pleased me so much, in a long time, as to see him such a dead-in-earnest, dyed-in-the-wool officer as he is now.

His dangerous, dead-in-earnest game of escape had no happy ending of reunion with his father.

It is always your “dead-in-earnest” man that gets up persecutions.

The dance was in full swing—a vehement, rhythmic, dead-in-earnest ranch dance.

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On this page you'll find 75 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to in earnest, such as: austere, bound, bound and determined, businesslike, cold sober, and contemplative.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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