Earnest: alternatives and connections

Important; material.

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Important; material.

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Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

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Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

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Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.

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Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.

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An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.

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The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.

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The state of being sure; certainty; security.

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The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.

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The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.

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In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods.

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Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

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Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.

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Hearty; sincere.

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Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.

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Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.

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