in earnest vs kindly

in earnest

adv
  • Having a sincere intent. 

  • With considerable commitment, determination, or effect; significantly. 

adj
  • Sincere; determined; truthful. 

kindly

adv
  • With kind acceptance; used with take. 

  • Kind of, somewhat. 

  • In a kind manner, out of kindness. 

  • In a favourable way. 

  • Used to make a polite request: please. 

adj
  • Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic. 

How often have the words in earnest and kindly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )