sin·cere
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| 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 sincérus pure, clean, untainted
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sin·cere·ly, adverb
sin·cere·ness, noun
—Antonyms 1, 2. false.
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| sin·cere
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adj. sin·cer·er, sin·cer·est
[Latin sincērus; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.] sin·cere'ly adv., sin·cere'ness n. |
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| 1. | with sincerity; without pretense; "she praised him sincerely for his victory"; "was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher"; "we are truly sorry for the inconvenience" [ant: insincerely] |
| 2. | written formula for ending a letter |
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sinˈcerely adverb
Example: I sincerely hope that you will succeed.
See also: sincere, sincerity
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Sincerely
Sin*cere"ly\, adv. In a sincere manner. Specifically: (a) Purely; without alloy. --Milton. (b) Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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