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earnestly

adv
/ˈɝnɪstli/US/ˈɜːnɪstli/UK

Etymology

From Middle English ernestly, from Old English eornostlīċe (“earnestly, strictly”), equivalent to earnest + -ly.

  1. inherited from eornostlīċe — “earnestly, strictly”
  2. inherited from ernestly

Definitions

  1. In an earnest manner

    In an earnest manner; being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort.

    • The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion now thanked the Good Witch earnestly for her kindness, […]
    • One thing, however, I do most earnestly beg and entreat of you: […]
    • Before long, the unsuspecting salesman was earnestly pitching him "the quietest noisemaker on the market."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at earnestly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at earnestly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at earnestly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA