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adjective, sin·cer·er, sin·cer·est.
1.
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
2.
genuine; real: a sincere effort to improve; a sincere friend.
3.
pure; unmixed; unadulterated.
4.
Obsolete. sound; unimpaired.
Origin:
1525–35; < Latin sincērus pure, clean, untainted
1525–35; < Latin sincērus pure, clean, untainted
Related forms
sin·cere·ly, adverb
sin·cere·ness, noun
qua·si-sin·cere, adjective
qua·si-sin·cere·ly, adverb
Antonyms
1, 2. false.
1, 2. false.
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Sincerely
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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Word Origin & History
sincerely
1530s, from sincere. As a subscription to letters, recorded from 1702.
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