intentness

noun

Definition of intentnessnext
as in earnestness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling studied the dance steps with obvious intentness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intentness
  1. earnestness
  2. gravity
  3. earnest
  4. seriousness
  5. solemnity
  6. decisiveness
  7. purposefulness
  8. attentiveness
Noun
  • But the earnestness of their performances, the texture of their hesitation, makes the video far more compelling than any of its deepfake counterparts.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Still, there’s something to the earnestness with which the movie does finally have its daddy issues and its cetacean ones intersect.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of earnestness
Noun
  • No bigger than a microwave oven, Idefix will plop onto Phobos by itself, bouncing for several minutes before coming to a halt in the moon's extraordinarily low gravity.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • At the time, Rastinejad and her colleagues wondered whether a black hole’s gravity had ripped up a companion neutron star, as if unseen godly hands had pulled it apart like dough.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of gravity
Noun
  • By May 2026, all 11 of xAI’s original cofounders had departed the company, a cascade that began in earnest in February when Tony Wu, described as one of the most operationally central cofounders, announced his resignation.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • Modern viticulture began in earnest here in the 1970s before blossoming in the ’90s.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 June 2026
Definition of earnest
Noun
  • But this particular reality show tries to justify its controversial existence by proclaiming its seriousness with regards to psychology, philosophy, and current events.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • There’s a level of seriousness that belies the 90-minute comedy film he’s made, which features an imbecilic white rapper who speaks in Caribbean-British slang and a contraption that shoots bullets out of one’s rear end.
    — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of seriousness
Noun
  • Adding to the solemnity of the occasion was a string quartet that played two slow movements from Alban Berg’s Lyric Suite.
    — Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
  • What’s also obvious from Mel’s photography is the solemnity of these places and the humanity of those living and working within them.
    — Stephanie Hanes, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of solemnity
Noun
  • While Whitman has no grocery experience and little retail experience (from her time as CEO of eBay), she was brought in by Albertsons for her turnaround chops and decisiveness.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The window to capitalize on these moves is narrow, demanding precision and decisiveness.
    — David Capablanca, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of decisiveness
Noun
  • Yet his playing had an otherworldly serenity that contrasted with Williams’s gentle purposefulness.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • This month also reconnects you with a sense of purposefulness.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Definition of purposefulness
Noun
  • Next-level attentiveness from friendly staff certainly helps.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Pisces February 19 – March 20 Relationships benefit from attentiveness today.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of attentiveness
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“Intentness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intentness. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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