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Webster 1913 Edition

adv.

In an earnest manner.

adv.

ern'estly. Warmly; zealously; importunately; eagerly; with real desire.

Being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly. Luke 22.

That ye should earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints. Jude 3.

With fixed attention; with eagerness.

A certain maid looked earnestly upon him. Luke 22.