Earnestness - Definition
earnestness
n 1: an earnest and sincere feeling [syn: earnestness,
seriousness, sincerity]
2: the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not
necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [syn:
seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness,
sincerity] [ant: frivolity, frivolousness]