komoly

• earnest tone

• sobersides

• to be no mean scholar

• round sum

• sincere intention

• to keep a straight face

• to look grave

• to run sy close, to run sy hard

• in dead earnest

• bona fide, earnestly, gravely, in earnest, severely, sincerely, solemnly, thoughtfully

• more serious

• no kid!

• earnestness, seriousness, severity, solemnity, staidness, thoughtfulness

• airy, flippant, frivolous

• to pull a long face, to wear a long face

• airily, flippantly

• flippancy, frivolity, levity, trifling

• to be in earnest

• are you in earnest?

• I mean it!

• he is in real earnest, to be in earnest