earnest (n.)
- acquittal
- acquittance
- agog
- alert
- amortization
- ardent
- attention
- aware
- bail
- binder
- bond
- bound
- burning
- cash
- clearance
- conscious
- defrayal
- defrayment
- deposit
- disbursal
- discharge
- eager
- enthusiasm
- escrow
- faithful
- firm
- flaming
- formal
- gage
- grave
- grim
- guarantee
- heavy
- hock
- hostage
- hot
- installment
- intent
- intentness
- interest
- keen
- liquidation
- never-never
- nice
- pawn
- paying
- payment
- payoff
- pledge
- prepayment
- pressing
- quittance
- recognizance
- remittance
- retirement
- satisfaction
- security
- seriousness
- settlement
- steady
- surety
- token
- undertaking
- warm
- warmth
- warrant
- zeal
earnest (adv.)
earnest (adj.)
- abandoned
- advertent
- afire
- agog
- alert
- ardent
- assiduous
- attention
- attentive
- aware
- awe-inspiring
- bond
- bound
- burning
- busy
- careful
- committed
- concentrated
- conscientious
- conscious
- decided
- decisive
- decorous
- dedicated
- definite
- demure
- determined
- devoted
- devout
- diligent
- eager
- enthusiastic
- faithful
- fatal
- fateful
- fervent
- fervid
- fiery
- finical
- finicky
- firm
- flaming
- formal
- formidable
- frowning
- gage
- grave
- grim
- hearty
- heated
- heavy
- heedful
- hot
- hot-blooded
- impassioned
- imposing
- industrious
- intense
- intent
- interest
- keen
- long-faced
- loyal
- meticulous
- mindful
- nice
- niggling
- no-nonsense
- observant
- observing
- obstinate
- open-eyed
- openmouthed
- passionate
- paying
- perfervid
- persevering
- persistent
- portentous
- pressing
- purposeful
- red-hot
- regardful
- relentless
- resolute
- resolved
- sedate
- sedulous
- serious
- sincere
- single-minded
- sober
- sobersided
- solemn
- somber
- spirited
- staid
- steady
- tenacious
- thoughtful
- token
- unsmiling
- vehement
- warm
- watchful
- weighty
- white-hot
- wholehearted
- zealous
I am in earnest. I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard!
Those green-robed senators of mighty woods,
Tall oaks, branch-charmed by the earnest stars,
Dream, and so dream all night without a stir.
