Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an insincere manner; without sincerity; with duplicity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Without sincerity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
insincere manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without sincerity
Etymologies
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Examples
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Consequently, to whatever sin a man wishes to cleave, if he approach Baptism, he approaches insincerely, which is the same as to approach without devotion.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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The faces of these insincerely weeping Madonnas are cut from contemporary supermodels.
Matthew Milliner: Francesco Vezzoli's 'Sacrilegio' And The Supermodel Of Sorrows Matthew Milliner 2011
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Sweep on the base colour with a powder brush, blending outwards, then take a good-quality blusher brush with domed bristles try the Body Shop or Mac and grin insincerely so cheeks fatten in the middle.
Beauty: Blushers 2011
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Josh insincerely congratulates Viktor on last week's win.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway #10, "Shake Your Booty" Holly Cara Price 2011
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Yet, for many, the seemingly unfulfilled nature of President Obama's promises, as necessary as change may be and as genuinely or insincerely he was in making them, have sadly returned young adults back to hibernation.
Jessica Headley: Presidential Candidates Missing Common Sense Strategies With the Millenials Jessica Headley 2012
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The faces of these insincerely weeping Madonnas are cut from contemporary supermodels.
Matthew Milliner: Francesco Vezzoli's 'Sacrilegio' And The Supermodel Of Sorrows Matthew Milliner 2011
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The faces of these insincerely weeping Madonnas are cut from contemporary supermodels.
Matthew Milliner: Francesco Vezzoli's 'Sacrilegio' And The Supermodel Of Sorrows Matthew Milliner 2011
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The faces of these insincerely weeping Madonnas are cut from contemporary supermodels.
Matthew Milliner: Francesco Vezzoli's 'Sacrilegio' And The Supermodel Of Sorrows Matthew Milliner 2011
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The faces of these insincerely weeping Madonnas are cut from contemporary supermodels.
Matthew Milliner: Francesco Vezzoli's 'Sacrilegio' And The Supermodel Of Sorrows Matthew Milliner 2011
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The real points of differentiation between Labour and the government on the economy are now very hard to identify, the more so since Cameron and Clegg are cutely, if insincerely, positioning themselves as proactive on tax avoidance and executive pay.
Ed Miliband leading Labour to destruction, says union chief 2012
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