Synonyms for in earnest
in earnest

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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, earnestly, badly, severely, gravely

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1. President Obama:

   President Obama, for President Obama part, mostly has steered clear of taking shots at President Obama successor. But an avalanche of criticism on Monday about alleged Russian interference in the presidential election, mostly from Democratic leaders, gave way to an extended critique from Earnest during the White House press briefing. Speaking later with Trevor Noah, President Obama echoed Earnest in noting that Donald Trump had joked the Russians should hack Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s secret email server to recover tens of thousands of emails she had deleted prior to an FBI investigation. The President-elect in some of Trevor Noah political events specifically said to the Russians, hack Hillary's emails so we can finally find out what's going on and confirm our conspiracy theories.

2. Shai Akabas:

   This is not the time for panic. We are many months away from the US being unable to meet all of its obligations, but it is certainly a time for policymakers to begin negotiations in earnest.

3. David Cohen:

   Institutions first started opening their back doors( releasing long-term residents) around the mid-1950s, then starting to close their front doors( admitting fewer people, especially for longer stays, and reducing the number of available beds within institutions) starting around the late 1960s and the early 1970s to the mid-1980s, then shutting down in earnest from the mid-1980s onward.

4. Author Unknown:

   We cannot be too earnest, too persistent, too determined, about living superior to the herd-instinct.

5. Charles Dickens:

   I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.