Asking earnestly is a way of expressing a strong desire for something. It can be done through prayer, entreaty, beseeching, begging, soliciting, or appealing. Prayer is a form of communication with a higher power, entreaty is a plea for help or mercy, beseeching is an urgent request, begging is a desperate plea, soliciting is asking for something in an earnest manner, and appealing is an urgent request for help or support. All of these terms are ways of expressing a strong desire for something and can be used to ask earnestly.