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Sincere   /sɪnsˈɪr/   Listen
adjective
Sincere  adj.  (compar. sincerer; superl. sincerest)  
1.
Pure; unmixed; unadulterated. "There is no sincere acid in any animal juice." "A joy which never was sincere till now."
2.
Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured. (Obs.) "The inviolable body stood sincere."
3.
Being in reality what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge; a sincere contempt for meanness. "A sincere intention of pleasing God in all our actions."
4.
Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend; a sincere person. "The more sincere you are, the better it will fare with you at the great day of account."
Synonyms: Honest; unfeigned; unvarnished; real; true; unaffected; inartificial; frank; upright. See Hearty.





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"Sincere" Quotes from Famous Books



... soon became more animated and sincere, and we recounted some traditions of the Indians, who believed that the father and mother of their race were saved from a deluge by ascending the peak of Mount Washington. The children of that pair have been overwhelmed, and found ...
— The Great Stone Face - And Other Tales Of The White Mountains • Nathaniel Hawthorne
... judgment are not so hard to give if the teaching is sincere and simple, free from exaggerations and phantoms of dread, and on the other hand clear from an incredulous protest against God's holding ...
— The Education of Catholic Girls • Janet Erskine Stuart
... For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgement: that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere, and without offence, till the day of Christ: being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ unto the ...
— The Book of Common Prayer - and The Scottish Liturgy • Church of England
... first time in her life Blanche Farrow wrote Mark Gifford a really grateful, sincere letter. She said, truly, how touched she was by his long devotion and by all his goodness to her. She admitted, humbly, that she wished she were worthy of it all. But she finally added that she feared she could never find it in her heart and conscience to say that she would do what he wished. ...
— From Out the Vasty Deep • Mrs. Belloc Lowndes
... private office, and Ernestine was too sincere a lover of beautiful things to be wholly miserable in ...
— The Glory Of The Conquered • Susan Glaspell


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