adjective (superlative sincerest, no comparative)
1 (of feelings, beliefs or behaviour) showing what you really think or feel
SYNGENUINE:
a sincere attempt to resolve the problem * sincere concern / gratitude / regret * Please accept our sincere thanks. * a sincere apology
2 ~ (in sth) (of a person) saying only what you really think or feel
SYNHONEST:
He seemed sincere enough when he said he wanted to help. * She is never completely sincere in what she says about people.
OPPINSINCERE
sincerity noun [U]:
The sincerity of his beliefs is unquestionable. * She spoke with total sincerity. * I can say in all sincerity that I knew nothing of these plans.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for sincere is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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