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Tone, mood & stylistic register · Working

Earnest

Also called: sincere

ELI5

Directly sincere in emotional or moral intention without protective irony.

Used in conversation

“Let’s show the earnest through behaviour and detail rather than only describing it.”

Pitch context

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