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sincerely

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sin⋅cere

  [sin-seer]
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–adjective, -cer⋅er, -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; < L sincērus pure, clean, untainted

Related forms:
sin⋅cere⋅ly, adverb
sin⋅cere⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. frank, candid, honest, open, guileless; unaffected. See earnest 1 .

Antonyms:
1, 2. false.
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sin·cere   (sĭn-sîr')   
adj.   sin·cer·er, sin·cer·est

  1. Not feigned or affected; genuine: sincere indignation.

  2. Being without hypocrisy or pretense; true: a sincere friend.

  3. Archaic Pure; unadulterated.


[Latin sincērus; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
sin·cere'ly adv., sin·cere'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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