OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 14198

earnest

/ˈɝ.nɪst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
atento
Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
earnest attention
serio
Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.
📚 noun • entry_id 14197

earnest

/ˈɝ.nɪst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gravedad • seriedad
Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest.
That high All-Seer which I dallied with / Hath turn'd my feigned prayer on my head / And given in earnest what I begg'd in jest.
seriedad
Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence)
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📚 noun • entry_id 14199

earnest

/ˈɝ.nɪst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
arras • señal
A sum of money paid in advance as a deposit; hence, a pledge, a guarantee, an indication of something to come.
Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
The vanity is at once encouraged and gratified; while the present small triumph is too readily taken as earnest for a greater one.
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