释义 |
in-earnestness rare—1.|ɪnˈɜːnɪstnɪs| [f. in prep. + earnestness; cf. earnest n.1 2 a.] Seriousness, serious intention.
1879G. M. Hopkins Lett. to R. Bridges (1955) 89, I do avoid them [sc. inversions], because they weaken..the earnestness or in-earnestness of the utterance. |