Earnest
Earnest adjective - Not joking or playful in mood or manner.
Kind and earnest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kind" instead an adjective "Earnest".
Nearby Words: earnestness, earnestly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Captain America: The First Avenger: Even after becoming the peak of physical human perfection, Steve Rogers is still the earnest and kind-hearted man that he was prior to the Super-Soldier procedures.
Source: Adorkable / Live-Action Films -
Kamen Rider Double takes this in an unusual direction: back Detective Jinno was apparently extremely easy to fool (even falling for the old Look Behind You bit), but was so kind and earnest that it made the people who lied to him want to become better people so those lies became the truth.
Source: Power of Trust - Roose Bolton's legitimate son Domeric was an earnest and kind soul, who ended up being killed by his sadistic bastard brother Ramsay because he believed they could be best friends if they just got to know each other.
Source: Stupid Good
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