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Urgently vs Earnestly - What's the difference?

urgently | earnestly |

As adverbs the difference between urgently and earnestly

is that urgently is with great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important while earnestly is in an earnest manner; being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort.

urgently

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
    • We all urgently need to apply solutions to the problem of pollution.
    Funds are urgently required if this work is to be completed as planned.
  • Continuously. With insistence.
    • He pleaded urgently for release from what he considered to be an unjust imprisonment.

    Synonyms

    * (great haste), imperatively, pressingly * (continuously), persistently, persuasively

    Antonyms

    * apathetically * half-heartedly

    earnestly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an earnest manner; being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort.
  • * 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
    • The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion now thanked the Good Witch earnestly for her kindness; and Dorothy exclaimed:

    Synonyms

    * for real