earnestly

1. 1.

   in a serious manner

   “talking earnestly with his son”

   “she started studying snakes in earnest”

   “a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce”

   Synonymsseriouslyin earnest

Questions about earnestly

What does earnestly mean?

earnestly means "in a serious manner".

How many syllables are in earnestly?

earnestly has 3 syllables: ear-nest-ly. The stress falls on "ear". In IPA it is /ˈɝnəstli/.

What is another word for earnestly?

Close synonyms include seriously, in earnest. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.