Answer: earnest

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EARNESTDedicated and serious
EARNESTSincere.
EARNESTSincerely zealous.
EARNESTWhat life is, according to Longfellow.
EARNESTZealous and sincere.
EARNESTNot playful.
EARNESTWord in Wilde title.
EARNESTDeeply convinced.
EARNESTMoney to bind a bargain.
EARNESTNot joking.
EARNESTNot jesting.
EARNESTLife, to Longfellow.
EARNESTRetaining fee.
EARNESTFar from flippant
EARNESTEnd of a Wilde title
EARNESTNot flippant
EARNESTShowing sincerity.
EARNESTGrave
EARNESTPledge
EARNESTNot playing around
EARNESTPledge money, at law
EARNESTShowing sincerity
EARNESTSerious words are said in this
EARNESTHemingway's spoken for grave (7)
EARNESTLike true believers
EARNESTImpassioned
EARNESTWilde thought it important
EARNEST"Serious" money
earnesta down payment
earnestshowing sincerity of feeling
earnestserious
EARNESTQuite serious
EARNESTBound and determined
EARNESTNot kidding
EARNESTSincere
EARNESTSeriously sincere
EARNESTFrank
EARNESTIntent
EARNESTPurposeful
EARNESTSincerely zealous