Hyphenation of earnestness

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word earnestness? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

earnest-ness

Definitions of earnestness:

1.	An earnest and sincere feeling
2.	The trait of being serious A lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness- Robert Rice

Synonyms of earnestness:

noun	seriousness, sincerity, gravity, solemnity
noun	seriousness, serious-mindedness, sincerity, trait

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