Synonyms for earnestly
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1. earnestlyadverb

   Synonyms:
   for real

2. earnestlyadverb

   In an earnest manner; being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort.

   Synonyms:
   for real

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1. seriously, earnestly, in earnestadverb

   in a serious manner

   "talking earnestly with his son"; "she started studying snakes in earnest"; "a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce"

   Synonyms:
   seriously, badly, in earnest, severely, gravely

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1. List of paraphrases for "earnestly":

   conscientiously, sincerely, seriously, meticulously, fervently, earnest, carefully, wholeheartedly, serious, conscientious, realistically, careful

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1. Francis Bacon:

   If any human being earnestly desire to push on to new discoveries instead of just retaining and using the old to win victories over Nature as a worker rather than over hostile critics as a disputant to attain , in fact, clear and demonstrative knowlegde instead of attractive and probable theory we invite him as a true son of Science to join our ranks.

2. Tim Tompkins:

   It really is a compromise to recognize that there are people earnestly earning a living, but also that there's been some real problems that just like any other commercial activity you need to regulate it.

3. John Keats:

   Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.

4. Allan K. Chalmers:

   Men should not trust in God as if God did all, and yet labor earnestly as is he himself did all.

5. Justice Calo Reign:

   Sometimes it really is worth it to look at yourself in the mirror and earnestly ask yourself...#isthatthebestyougot?