English > sincere: 2 senses > adjective 1Meaning | open and genuine; not deceitful. |
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Examples | - "he was a good man, decent and sincere"
- "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"
- "sincere friendship"
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Attribute of | sincerity | The quality of being open and truthful |
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Narrower | bona fide | undertaken in good faith |
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cordial | sincerely or intensely felt |
dear, devout, earnest, heartfelt | earnest |
genuine, true, unfeigned | not pretended |
heart-whole, wholehearted, whole-souled | With unconditional / unconditional and enthusiastic devotion |
honest | Without dissimulation |
See also | genuine, echt | not fake or counterfeit |
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honest, honorable | not disposed to cheat or defraud |
ingenuous, artless | Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings |
real, existent | Being or occurring in fact or actuality |
true | consistent with fact or reality |
Opposite | insincere | lacking sincerity |
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Spanish | sincero |
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Catalan | sincer |
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Nouns | sincerity | the quality of being open and truthful |
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Adverbs | sincerely | with sincerity |
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