'Earnestly' definitions:
Definition of 'earnestly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a serious manner; "talking earnestly with his son"; "she started studying snakes in earnest"; "a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce" [syn: seriously, earnestly, in earnest]
Definition of 'Earnestly'
From: GCIDE
- Earnestly \Ear"nest*ly\, adv. In an earnest manner. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'earnestly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actively,
- ardently,
- assiduously,
- bec et ongles,
- committedly,
- decidedly,
- decisively,
- decorously,
- demurely,
- determinedly,
- devotedly,
- devoutly,
- dingdong,
- down,
- exhaustively,
- fervently,
- fervidly,
- firmly,
- fixedly,
- for real,
- formally,
- gravely,
- grimly,
- hammer and tongs,
- heart and soul,
- heartily,
- heatedly,
- impassionedly,
- in all seriousness,
- in earnest,
- in good earnest,
- inflexibly,
- intensely,
- intently,
- like a bulldog,
- like a leech,
- obstinately,
- painstakingly,
- passionately,
- perfervidly,
- perseveringly,
- persistently,
- purposefully,
- relentlessly,
- resolutely,
- resolvedly,
- sedately,
- seriously,
- sincerely,
- singlemindedly,
- sober-mindedly,
- soberly,
- sobersidedly,
- solemnly,
- somberly,
- staidly,
- staunchly,
- steadfastly,
- steadily,
- tenaciously,
- thoroughly,
- thoughtfully,
- tooth and nail,
- unremittingly,
- unswervingly,
- unyieldingly,
- vehemently,
- wholeheartedly,
- with a will,
- with constancy,
- with total dedication,
- zealously