Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not feigned or affected; genuine.
- adjective Being without hypocrisy or pretense; true.
- adjective Archaic Pure; unadulterated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sound; whole; unbroken; without error, defect, or injury.
- Pure; unmixed; unadulterated; free from imitation; good throughout: as, sincere work.
- Having no admixture; free; clear: followed by of.
- Unalloyed or unadulterated by deceit or unfriendliness; free from pretense or falsehood; honestly felt, meant, or intended: as, a sincere wish; a sincere effort.
- Free from duplicity or dissimulation; honest in speech or intention; guileless; truthful; frank.
- Morally pure; undepraved; upright; virtuous; blameless.
- Synonyms and Fair, Open, etc. (see
candid ); Cordial, Sincere, etc. (seehearty ), unfeigned, undissembling, artless, heartfelt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.
- adjective obsolete Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured.
- adjective Being in reality what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real.
- adjective Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
earnest ;meaning what onesays ordoes ;truthful . - adjective meant
truly or earnestly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
- adjective open and genuine; not deceitful
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He is sincere, I am certain, _sincere_ even in his most despotic acts -- from a sense that that _is_ the _only_ way to govern ....
Queen Victoria E. Gordon Browne
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He is stern and severe -- with fixed principles of _duty_ which _nothing_ on earth will make him change; very _clever_ I do _not_ think him, and his mind is an uncivilised one; his education has been neglected; politics and military concerns are the only things he takes great interest in; the arts and all softer occupations he is insensible to, but he is sincere, I am certain, _sincere_ even in his most despotic acts, from a sense that that _is_ the _only_ way to govern; he is not, I am sure, aware of the dreadful cases of individual misery which he so often causes, for I can see by various instances that he is kept in utter ignorance of
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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In fact the word sincere literally means “without hypocrisy.”
Living on the Edge Chip Ingram 2009
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Katz is an independent creative that works with brands to develop what he calls sincere experiences for people.
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Katz is an independent creative that works with brands to develop what he calls sincere experiences for people.
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Katz is an independent creative that works with brands to develop what he calls sincere experiences for people.
Piers Fawkes: Levi's Print Workshop In The Mission Piers Fawkes 2010
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What he is into is -- is a very sort of what he calls sincere, frank dialogue.
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She looked at him, evidently judged his expression sincere, and sat back down.
Say When Elizabeth Berg 2003
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Napoleon, Burns, Cromwell, no man adequate to do anything, but is first of all in right earnest about it; what I call a sincere man.
The Art of Public Speaking Dale Carnagey 1906
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How very few people are capable of what you call sincere heterodoxy, in morals or religion!
Born in Exile George Gissing 1880
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