English Dictionary

earnest

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɝ.nɪst/

名詞

不可算名詞

Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness. / Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence)

日本語の意味

真面目さ / 厳粛さ / 真剣な目的意識

He spoke with an earnest that conveyed the gravity of the decision.

彼は決定の重大さを伝える重みのある口調で話した。

意味（1）

Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.

He wrote well in a forcible, colloquial style, with the air of being tremendously in earnest, and full of knowledge which overflowed his pages, tricked out with somewhat boisterous illustrations.

意味（2）

Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence)