Earnest
Earnest adjective - Not joking or playful in mood or manner.
Ready and earnest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead an adjective "Earnest".
Nearby Words: earnestness, earnestly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The barman begins cracking under the strain, and just when the girl is ready to call her Friend on the Force to interrogate him in earnest, he becomes so terrified of her that he dashes into traffic and is killed.
Source: Exasperated Perp - The Arcade Fire came out of Montreal with a huge, arena-ready sound full of singalong hooks and notably earnest songwriting, which made them an overnight success and one of the most popular indie bands of the 2000s.
Source: Music of Note
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