Related Words for serious-minded

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serious
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Adjective, Adjective
in earnest
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Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
for real
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Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
businesslike
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Adjective
sincere
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Adjective
anxious
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Adjective
bemused
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Adjective
direct
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Adjective
deadpan
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Adjective
dead set
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Phrase, Noun, Adjective
deep
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Adjective
proper
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Adjective
jesting
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Noun
straightforward
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Adjective
very
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Adverb
thoroughgoing
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Adjective
solicitous
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Adjective
musing
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Noun
intent
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Noun
bound up
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Phrase, Adjective
peaceful
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Adjective
immersed
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Verb
methodical
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Adjective
clinical
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Adjective
scrupulous
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Adjective
pressing
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Verb
heartfelt
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Adjective
monumental
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Adjective
intensive
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Adjective
sober as a judge
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Phrase, Adjective
purposed
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Verb
affirmative
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Noun
profound
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Adjective
laborious
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Adjective
thorough
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Adjective
transfixed
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Verb
mannered
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Adjective
soldierly
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Adjective
dogged
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Adjective
downright
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Adjective
sophistic
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Name
seated
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Adjective
reposed
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Verb
precipitous
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Adjective
entranced
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Verb
meditated
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Verb
sworn
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Verb
ritualistic
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Adjective
studied
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Verb
inquiring
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Verb
sophomore
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Noun
investigative
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Adjective
deliberate
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Adjective
nonchalant
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Adjective
genteel
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Adjective
close
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Adjective
secular
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Adjective
earnest
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
shirtless
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Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
sorta
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Adverb