serious-minded

Speech parts

1. serious-minded - Adjective

2. serious-minded - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

acting with or showing thought and good sense

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Examples

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity. Michel de Montaigne

No serious-minded man should have time for the mediocre in any phase of his living. James Cash Penney

We talk about "mere matters of words" in a tone which implies that we regard words as things beneath the notice of a serious-minded person. This is a most unfortunate attitude. Aldous Huxley

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious. Paul Valéry

I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don't see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn't tolerate myself. James Dean

CNBC is a very serious-minded financial news network, and what we've seen thus far from Fox appears to be not as investment-focused or financially focused, and that's good for us. Jeff Zucker

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