Associations to the word «Earnestness»

Wiktionary

EARNESTNESS, noun. The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.

Dictionary definition

EARNESTNESS, noun. An earnest and sincere feeling.
EARNESTNESS, noun. The trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley