sincere

adjectives

open and genuine; not deceitful
"he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"
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antonym
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undertaken in good faith
"a bona fide offer"
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sincerely or intensely felt
"a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"
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earnest
"one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences"
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without dissimulation; frank
"my honest opinion"
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not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
"genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"
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with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion
"heart-whole friendship"; "gave wholehearted support to her candidacy"; "wholehearted commitment"; "demonstrated his whole-souled allegiance"
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not fake or counterfeit
"a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
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not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
"honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"
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characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
"an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
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being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
"real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow
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consistent with fact or reality; not false
"the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"
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the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical
"his sincerity inspired belief"; "they demanded some proof of my sincerity"
characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
"both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message"
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