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earnestest

earnestest is the superlative form of earnest.

Meaning of earnest

Adjective

earnest (comparative earnester or more earnest, superlative earnestest or most earnest)

  1. Serious, sincere, ingenuous.
  2. Focused in the pursuit of an objective; honestly eager to obtain or do.
    • earnest prayers
  3. Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
    • earnest attention
  4. Possessing or characterised by seriousness.
    • an earnest disposition
  5. Strenuous; diligent.
    • earnest efforts
  6. Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.

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Questions about earnestest

What is earnestest the superlative form of?
Earnestest is the superlative form of earnest.

Words near earnestest in the dictionary

  1. earnest moneys
  2. earnest-money
  3. earnest-moneys
  4. earnested
  5. earnester
  6. earnestest
  7. earnestful
  8. earnesting
  9. earnestlier
  10. earnestly
  11. earnestness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: earnestest (page history and authors); earnest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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