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sin·cere
/
sɪnˈsɪər
/
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[
sin-
seer
]
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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
Related forms
sin·cere·ly,
adverb
sin·cere·ness,
noun
qua·si-sin·cere,
adjective
qua·si-sin·cere·ly,
adverb
Synonyms
1.
frank, candid, honest, open, guileless; unaffected. See
earnest
1
.
Antonyms
1, 2.
false.
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World English Dictionary
sincere
(sɪnˈsɪə)
—
adj
1.
not hypocritical or deceitful; open; genuine:
a sincere person
;
sincere regret
2.
archaic
pure; unadulterated; unmixed
3.
obsolete
sound; whole
[C16: from Latin
sincērus
]
sin'cerely
—
adv
sincerity
—
n
sin'cereness
—
n
sincere
(sɪnˈsɪə)
—
adj
1.
not hypocritical or deceitful; open; genuine:
a sincere person
;
sincere regret
2.
archaic
pure; unadulterated; unmixed
3.
obsolete
sound; whole
[C16: from Latin
sincērus
]
sin'cerely
—
adv
sincerity
—
n
sin'cereness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
sincere
1530s, from M.Fr. sincere, from L. sincerus (see
sincerity
).
sincerely
1530s, from
sincere
. As a subscription to letters, recorded from 1702.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
We are
sincerely
grateful to all of you who have joined us in print and online.
The caretaker prime ministers are broadly popular and generally regarded as
sincerely
committed to reform.
What completes the misfortune of the habitual sinner is, that few who have
fallen into that gulf ever
sincerely
rise again.
They were horrified by violence and
sincerely
wanted the war to end.
When you admit
sincerely
that you are indeed guilty.
In a series of meetings with opposition leaders, they have insisted that they
sincerely
want an early return to civilian rule.
It's a phrase, when used
sincerely
with eye contact, that diffuses a lot of tense situations in life.
People can
sincerely
disagree, and you should not prejudge my motives.
But, it is not acceptable in an intelligent discussion to use harsh language regarding the
sincerely
-held views of others.
He was
sincerely
devoted to his wife, who also managed his campaigns.
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