How to pronounce earnestly in British English
“earnestly” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to earnestly the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “earnestly” in: all accents · American English (43 clips)
“earnestly” in real sentences — British speakers
53 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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would arrive, who would tell us very earnestly—in fact, more earnestly than the previous minister—that they
The Scottish Parliament
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How hard, how persistently, and how earnestly we strove for peace last week.
UK Parliament
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Nevertheless, the participants took the discussions very seriously and they were earnestly engaged in
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “earnestly”
Words one sound away from earnestly — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of earnestly. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.