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• Sizists earnestly believe themselves to be superior to fat people solely because they are not fat.2001, Michelle Beaudry, The Slam Club, page 94. From the entry sizist
• He got close to Bond and said earnestly, ‘Mister, if that's your doll, you better watch her.1959, Ian Fleming, chapter 19, in Goldfinger. From the entry lizzie
• "It's shore too bad for a lady to be in a jackpot," he answered me earnestly.1941, Agnes Morley Cleaveland, No life for a lady, page 284. From the entry jackpot
• While they are looking at the cameraman’s birdie so earnestly, I’ll whisper their names—Adviser, Mr.1939, Legend, Fort Wayne, Ind.: North Side High School, page 63. From the entry adviseress
• There are plenty of earnestly respectful vaccine selfies, where the inoculated person bares a shoulder and thanks science for their shot.2021 April 27, Amanda Hess, “Inject the Vaccine Fan Fiction Directly Into My Veins”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the…. From the entry science
• He spoke so earnestly that she could almost have believed him, had not that bowguard on his wrist proved him false.2014, Andre Norton, Wizard's Worlds: A Short Story Collection, →ISBN. From the entry bowguard
• "I feel bad for her!" said Kit, earnestly.2003, Bruce Wagner, Still Holding, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 265. From the entry stabby
• "Good luck corroboree, make him big fat one, all same Gubmint fella," old Rosie, his "aunt by skin" told me earnestly.1942, Ernestine Hill, Australian Frontier, page 98. From the entry gubmint
• The brothers surveyed the wide prospect earnestly.1921, H.G. Wells, “The Grisly Folk”, in Selected Short Stories, published 1958, page 291. From the entry ugh
• He was earnestly but prosily orating at the audience.1916, Peggy Edmund, Harold W. Williams, compilers, Toaster's Handbook. From the entry prosily
• What a laughable request the bride urges so earnestly !—to wit, that her kicky-wicky may bide cosily at home.1909, W. J. M. Starkie, The Acharnians of Aristophanes, Macmillan and co., page 209. From the entry kicky-wicky
• From his earliest student days, with few exceptions, the embryo doctor now takes life more culturedly and more earnestly.1907, J[oseph] Stenson Hooker, “Refining Influences in Life Generally”, in The Higher Medicine, London: Evan Yellon, The Celtic Press […]…. From the entry culturedly
• The tuxedoclad artist sang earnestly of unrequited love while viewers shuffled through the shed, chattering among themselves, or lounging (and napping) on the camp beds.2025, Eva Heisler, “Doubled Bodies and Live Loops: On Ragnar Kjartanssons's Mediatized Performances”, in Bastard or Playmate?: Adapting…. From the entry tuxedoclad
• As for the president, Lincoln seemed to have earnestly believed at the outset of the fight that his men would carry the day.2013, Jerrold M. Packard, The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a Family, →ISBN. From the entry carry the day
• Lisa said, “This is gonna be the best birthday breakfast Mom ever had.” And Bart earnestly replied, “Hey, Lise, you think that's enough for her?”2001, J. Alison Bryant, Television and the American Family. From the entry Lise
• “We're trying out a line of Spanish foods,” he explained earnestly, one arms waving across a small garden of browns, greens and yellows.1982 April 28, Nathan Cobb, “Supermarkets: Checking out the changes at your local”, in The Boston Globe, volume 221, number 118, page 41. From the entry malanga coco
• He pleaded very earnestly for such concurrent legislation which would operate as a conscriptive measure upon the accumulated wealth and resources of the country.1969, H. Macquarrie, Robert Laird Borden: His Memoirs - Volume 2, page 81. From the entry conscriptive
• "Earnestly yours," "Expectantly yours," "Yours for the fifteenth," "Yours sellingly," and other complimentary closings like these have been used with good results.1920, John Baker Opdycke, The English of Commerce, page 224. From the entry sellingly
• All genuine lovers of pictorial art are earnestly exhorted to miss no available opportunity of visiting the Nevinson show at the Leicester Gallery.1919 October 29, “[London Letter: Westminster, Tuesday Night.] Artist and Humourist.”, in The Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette, volume…. From the entry craftly
• Anne choked back a mad desire to laugh with the conviction that it would be fatal, and then earnestly set about saving Marilla’s reputation.1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 10, in Anne of Avonlea. From the entry choke back
• This was my secret problem, my sin, and I earnestly hoped and prayed nearly every day of my life that it would be taken away from me.2014, Chris Dicken, Donny Wong, The Bumpy Road to Married Bliss, HarperCollins UK, →ISBN. From the entry pray the gay away
• We sat around the desk, and he spoke very earnestly about the necessity of rehabilitating Europe and emphasized his concern that peaceful German production should be encouraged.1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 43. From the entry rehabilitate
• The revolutionary committee of Changtien commune, Kuantien County, Liaoning Province, has led the commune members to earnestly study Chairman Mao's works and criticize revisionist theories advocated by Liu Shao-chi.1971 April 26 [1971 April 17], “Take Grain As Key Link and Insure All-Round Development--Correctly Handle Relationship Between Gain and…. From the entry revisionist
• When the officials arrived Admiral Sperry was earnestly begged to encarriage again for a short drive to give the populace who arrived later a final greeting.1908, 風俗畵報, Tokyo: 東陽堂, →OCLC. From the entry encarriage
• At the place of execution, Dorothea begged the doomsman to tarry a little, and kneeling by the block, she raised her hands to heaven and prayed earnestly.1907, William Canton, A Child's Book of Saints, page 72. From the entry doomsman

Meaning of earnestly

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

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How do you use earnestly in a sentence?

Earnestly is used as an adverb. For example: “Before long, the unsuspecting salesman was earnestly pitching him "the quietest noisemaker on the market."”

What is a short sentence with earnestly?

“The brothers surveyed the wide prospect earnestly.”

What does earnestly mean?

Earnestly means in an earnest manner; being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort.