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sincere
adjective as in straightforward, honest
Strongest matches
candid, earnest, for real, forthright, genuine, heartfelt, outspoken, real, serious, true, trustworthy
Weak matches
24-carat, aboveboard, actual, artless, bona fide, dead-level, dear, devout, faithful, frank, guileless, honest-to-God, honest-to-goodness, like it is, meant, natural, no-fooling, no-nonsense, on the level, on the line, on the up and up, open, plain, pretensionless, regular, righteous, saintly, square, sure-enough, true-blue, unaffected, undesigning, undissembled, unfeigned, unpretentious, up-front, wholehearted
Example Sentences
“Admiral Faucet, I regret to inform you that my husband is indisposed. He has sent a note for me to give you expressing his sincere regrets. Here it is.”
Simple errors can be fixed with an eraser; more complicated blunders require an apology and a sincere effort to make things right.
But she’s marvelously funny here, making her Glinda at once deeply sincere and uproariously shallow.
Participants were also asked to evaluate the retailer’s trustworthiness on a seven-point scale, with one being completely untrustworthy or manipulative and seven being totally trustworthy or sincere.
The film sets its absurdities aside for a final moment of sincere directness.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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