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sin·cere

(sĭn-sîr′)

adj. sin·cer·er, sin·cer·est

1. Not feigned or affected; genuine: sincere indignation.

2. Being without hypocrisy or pretense; true: a sincere friend.

3. Archaic Pure; unadulterated.

[Latin sincērus; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]

sin·cere′ly adv.

sin·cere′ness n.

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sincere

(sɪnˈsɪə)

adj

1. not hypocritical or deceitful; open; genuine: a sincere person; sincere regret.

2. archaic pure; unadulterated; unmixed

3. obsolete sound; whole

[C16: from Latin sincērus]

sinˈcerely adv

sincerity, sinˈcereness n

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sin•cere

(sɪnˈsɪər)

adj. -cer•er, -cer•est.

1. free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness: a sincere apology.

2. genuine; real: a sincere effort to improve.

3. pure; unmixed.

[1525–35; < Latin sincērus pure, clean]

sin•cere′ly, adv.

sin•cere′ness, n.

syn: See earnest¹.

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Adj.	1.	sincere - open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" echt, genuine - not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" honest, honorable - not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" artless, ingenuous - characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" real, existent - 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 true - 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" insincere - lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"
	2.	sincere - 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" earnest, solemn serious - concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"

sincere

adjective honest, genuine, real, true, serious, natural, earnest, frank, open, straightforward, candid, unaffected, no-nonsense, heartfelt, upfront (informal), bona fide, wholehearted, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), artless, guileless, unfeigned He accepted her apologies as sincere.
put on, false, pretended, affected, token, artificial, hollow, synthetic, dishonest, deceptive, feigned, artful, two-faced, deceitful, insincere, phoney or phony (informal)

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sincere

adjective

Devoid of any hypocrisy or pretense:

genuine, heartfelt, hearty, honest, natural, real, true, unaffected, unfeigned, unmannered.

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sincero

sincere

[sɪnˈsɪəʳ] ADJ → sincero (about sth sobre algo, con respecto a algo) my sincere good wishes → mi más sincera enhorabuena
it is my sincere belief that → creo sinceramente que ...
to be sincere in one's desire to do sth or in wanting to do sth → desear or querer sinceramente hacer algo

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sincere

(sinˈsiə) adjective

1. true; genuine. a sincere desire; sincere friends.sincero

2. not trying to pretend or deceive. a sincere person.sincero

sinˈcerely adverb

I sincerely hope that you will succeed.sinceramente

sinˈcerity (-ˈse-) noun

the state of being sincere. The sincerity of his comments was obvious to all.sinceridad

sincere

→ sincero

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