Earnest and Great

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Earnest adjective - Not joking or playful in mood or manner.

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Great and earnest are semantically related in involved topic. In some cases you can use "Great" instead an adjective "Earnest".

Nearby Words: earnestness, earnestly

Great adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.

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Earnest and great are semantically related in involved topic. Sometimes you can use "Earnest" instead an adjective "Great".

Nearby Words: greatly, greatness

In Riders Radio Theater, a great many of Woody Paul's lines, despite an earnest delivery, seem to absolutely drip with irony.

Source: Deadpan Snarker / Radio
That it would prepare in earnest to meet any threat, however great.In 2015, they discovered that the world would end in the coming year.

Source: Roleplay / Fate Hollow Order
Deadpan Snarker - A great many of Woody Paul's lines, despite an earnest delivery, seem to absolutely drip with irony.

Source: Radio / Riders Radio Theater

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