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In the story Oscars Wilde play What is the meaning of the word earnest in this scene?

honest
decitful
rude
a man's name

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Earnest means serious. In Oscar Wilde's play ''The Importance of Being Earnest,'' being earnest is a pun, or a play on words between the adjective, ''earnest'' and the man's name, ''Ernest.

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