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earnestly

/ˈɝnɪstli/ adverb C2
  1. In an earnest manner; being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort.
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“Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 54 · B2
“Better he should be bruised from head to foot by me who love him than that he should come to harm through ignorance,” Baloo answered very earnestly.
The Jungle Book, p. 31 · B2
“She certainly did, Miss Cuthbert,” corroborated Flora Jane earnestly.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 56 · C1
“Your complexion is just as fair as Ruby’s,” said Diana earnestly, “and your hair is ever so much darker than it used to be before you cut it.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 219 · C1

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