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earnestly

adverb as in solemnly

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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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Stringer quickly answered, “No,” so earnestly it was impossible not to believe him.

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Not even Farrell, one of my favorite actors, can pull off David earnestly telling Sarah, “I see you.”

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But Bruce Springsteen and the raw, stripped-down recordings of his 1982 “Nebraska” album seem earnestly in opposition to such artless gamesmanship.

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