What is "earnestly"

Usage examples of "earnestly".

I now affectionately advise, I now most earnestly entreat, you two to part as you came here.

Going to Alec, Seregil clasped him gently by the back of the neck and looked earnestly into his eyes.

Mademoiselle La Roque, who was sitting by the side of the bed attending earnestly to this discourse, wept as he reverted to the danger of his situation.

As soon as I had explained to him that I wanted to go to Constantinople, and that, although in uniform, I was free, he advised me earnestly to seek the favour of going to Turkey with the bailo, who intended to leave within two months, and even to try to obtain service in the Venetian army.

As soon as I found myself in possession of the deed for Madame Orio, I hastened to pay a visit to the mistress of embroidery, in order to find an opportunity of acquainting Nanette with my success, and in a short note which I prepared, I informed her that in two days I would call to give the brevet to Madame Orio, and I begged her earnestly not to forget her promise to contrive a private interview with my dear Angela.

Marcoline shrieked but did not move, but my niece earnestly begged me to replace the bed-clothes.

Neither would he tarry to take in Captain Bludder, though earnestly implored to do so by that personage, who, having in his struggles sunk deeper into the oozy bed, could now only just keep his bearded chin and mouth above the level of the tide.

Ursula would make no movement without Boshy, though she longed earnestly to lose the attention of her self-constituted guardian.

Suddenly you saw Verrie Myers, Trish Elders, Groves and Ginger McCord huddled together at a cafeteria table earnestly with Orrie Buhr, Dougie Siefried, Janet Moss, Dexter Cambrook Eickhorn.

In early times the Greek worship was most earnestly directed to that set of deities who resided at the gloomy centre of the earth, and who were called the chthonian gods.

Then was she conducted to a strong and safe, but a pleasant place, to be kept in, where the King visited her often, treated her civilly, courted her earnestly, loving her with an extraordinary passion.

Every one of them was calling earnestly upon some saint, but not one single prayer to God did I hear.

In the dimmer office he closed on the girl, spun her around and regarded her earnestly.

In that moment he rises above his stupid gianthood, and earnestly warns the Son of Light that all his power and eminence of priesthood, godhood, and kingship must stand or fall with the unbearable cold greatness of the incorruptible law-giver.

The boy who had brought the turnout around looked at Felix Gussing earnestly.