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  • 11sincere — 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 …

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  • 12sincere — adjective (sincerer, sincerest) proceeding from or characterized by genuine feelings; free from pretence or deceit. Derivatives sincerely adverb sincereness noun sincerity noun Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as sincerity): from L. sincerus clean, pure …

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  • 13sincere */ — UK [sɪnˈsɪə(r)] / US [sɪnˈsɪr] adjective Word forms sincere : adjective sincere comparative sincerer superlative sincerest a) talking and acting in a way that shows you really mean what you say and do He is a modest and sincere man. b) sincere… …

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  • 14sincere — /sɪnˈsɪə / (say sin sear), /sən / (say suhn ) adjective (sincerer, sincerest) 1. free from any element of deceit, dissimulation, duplicity or hypocrisy. 2. Obsolete pure; unmixed. 3. Obsolete sound; unimpaired. {Latin sincērus clean, pure}… …

  • 15sincere — ► ADJECTIVE (sincerer, sincerest) ▪ proceeding from or characterized by genuine feelings; free from deceit. DERIVATIVES sincerely adverb sincerity noun. ORIGIN Latin sincerus clean, pure …

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  • 16sincerely — sincere ► ADJECTIVE (sincerer, sincerest) ▪ proceeding from or characterized by genuine feelings; free from deceit. DERIVATIVES sincerely adverb sincerity noun. ORIGIN Latin sincerus clean, pure …

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  • 17sincerity — sincere ► ADJECTIVE (sincerer, sincerest) ▪ proceeding from or characterized by genuine feelings; free from deceit. DERIVATIVES sincerely adverb sincerity noun. ORIGIN Latin sincerus clean, pure …

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  • 18sincere — [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… …

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  • 19sincere — adj. (sincerer, sincerest) 1 free from pretence or deceit; the same in reality as in appearance. 2 genuine, honest, frank. Derivatives: sincereness n. sincerity n. Etymology: L sincerus clean, pure …

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