"in earnest" in German in earnest im Ernst ernsthaft Detailed translations for "in earnest" in earnest in earnest im Ernst in earnest ernsthaft{adverb} I began to study in earnest out of pure boredom. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Schon aus lauter Langeweile fing ich ernsthaft an zu studieren. English synonyms for "in earnest" in earnest {r} earnestly seriously