earnestness

He projected enthusiasm and earnestness in a way that had me grinning from ear to ear.

It is useful to know when to smile at the philosophical earnestness and then just go on with your life.

But quite a lot of them have most certainly not, and were written in all earnestness with intention of productive dialogue.

Is it possible to believe, in all earnestness, that factoids such as these remain isolated and inactive in your memory until recalled?

Here's a snippet from the carefree happy days of the previous century, before 9/11 and the New Earnestness -- Baumholder, Germany, 1986.

That being said, I loved the passion and earnestness with which the documentation and information was presented.

As a guy that values earnestness and frankness (perhaps to a fault), I generally agree with you about marketing.

I'm glad Dogecoin injects some long needed humor into the tiresome earnestness of the BTC discussion.

I agree that it's best to assume earnestness in opinions, I disagree with your opening.

Impress the professor with your effort, earnestness, and ability, and there's no way you'd be kicked out of class no matter what the rules say.

Seems a little too concerned with earnestness for my taste.

I admire the earnestness and innocence that makes a serious discussion of this possible.

And really, you're on HN, this is not the place where you need to fly the "don't trust the media" flag with such earnestness.

It's called "courtesy" on the subway, but the analogous traits are "empathy" and "earnestness" in general discourse.

> And really, you're on HN, this is not the place where you need to fly the "don't trust the media" flag with such earnestness.