sincere

sincere
01. It has been said that a friend is a person with whom one may be [sincere]. Before him, one may think aloud.
02. Abraham Lincoln once said, "If you want to win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his [sincere] friend."
03. I don't like people who are [insincere]; I'd rather someone told me they didn't like something than to pretend to like it when they don't.
04. Herbert is [sincerely] trying to do a good job in the office; it's just that he isn't an organized person.
05. It is my [sincere] wish that you and your wife find a way to overcome your personal problems.
06. He made a [sincere] effort to improve but finally had to be let go.
07. I think your girlfriend is [sincere] when she says she still loves you, but just wants a bit of time apart.
08. She said she was sorry, but her voice was totally empty of any kind of [sincerity].
09. I would like to give you my [sincere] congratulations on your winning the award.
10. She [sincerely] believed she was helping you by not telling you about your father's illness.
11. George Bernard Shaw once said that there is no [sincerer] love than the love of food.
12. There is a Chinese proverb which observes that a hundred "NOs" are less painful than one [insincere] "YES."
13. I am [sincerely] sorry for hurting your feelings, and I hope you can accept my apology.
14. The judge took the accused's obviously [sincere] regret for his actions into account during sentencing.
15. Adriana was touched by the obvious [sincerity] of her husband's apology.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • sincère — [ sɛ̃sɛr ] adj. • 1475; lat. sincerus « pur, naturel » 1 ♦ Qui est disposé à reconnaître la vérité et à faire connaître ce qu il pense et sent réellement, sans consentir à se tromper soi même ni à tromper les autres. ⇒ 2. franc, loyal, littér.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sincere — Sin*cere , a. [Compar. {Sincerer}; superl. {Sincerest}.] [L. sincerus, of uncertain origin; the first part perhaps akin to sin in singuli (see {Single}), and the second to cernere to separate (cf. {Discern}): cf. F. sinc[ e]re.] 1. Pure; unmixed; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sincere — SINCERE. adj. de t. g. Veritable, franc, qui est sans artifice, sans deguisement. C est un homme sincere dans ses discours, dans ses actions. vous n estes pas sincere. un procedé sincere. un discours sincere. un recit, une relation, un aveu… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • sincere — [sin sir′] adj. sincerer, sincerest [MFr sincére < L sincerus, clean, pure, sincere] 1. without deceit, pretense, or hypocrisy; truthful; straightforward; honest [sincere in his desire to help] 2. being the same in actual character as in… …   English World dictionary

  • sincere — sincere, wholehearted, whole souled, heartfelt, hearty, unfeigned can mean genuine in feeling or expression or showing such genuineness. Sincere stresses the absence of hypocrisy, dissimulation, or falsification in any degree; it therefore… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • sincere — 1530s, from M.Fr. sincere, from L. sincerus (see SINCERITY (Cf. sincerity)). There is no etymological justification for the common story that the word means without wax (*sin cerae), and the stories invented to explain that folk etymology are… …   Etymology dictionary

  • sincere — I adjective aboveboard, bona fide, candid, deceitless, direct, earnest, faithful, fervent, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, open, pure, real, reliable, scrupulous, serious, straight, straightforward, true, trustworthy, truthful,… …   Law dictionary

  • sincere — фр. [сэнсэ/р] sincero ит. [синчэ/ро] искренне, неподдельно …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • sincere — [adj] straightforward, honest aboveboard, actual, artless, bona fide, candid, dead level*, dear, devout, earnest, faithful, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, honest to God*, like it is*, meant, natural, no fooling*, no nonsense*,… …   New thesaurus

  • sincere — Sincere, Sincerité, voyez Syncere …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • sincere — ► ADJECTIVE (sincerer, sincerest) ▪ proceeding from or characterized by genuine feelings; free from deceit. DERIVATIVES sincerely adverb sincerity noun. ORIGIN Latin sincerus clean, pure …   English terms dictionary

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