Definition of "ernest" []

• Obsolete form of earnest. (noun)

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• "If every one on this planet followed lord Siddhartha's path in ernest and sincerity, how long will humans be on this planet?"
• "He sounds like Michael Steelehead when trying to back away from something he said in ernest …"
• "Barack Obama will be the Democrat nominee and there's 'no way' that Clinton will work in ernest for him."