adv
Meaning 1
In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I sincerely hope they make it home safely.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sincerely
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /sɪnˈsɪəli/
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General-American: /sɪnˈsɪɹli/
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CMU ARPABET: S IH0 N S IH1 R L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
A conventional formula for ending a letter, used when the salutation addresses the person for whom the letter is intended by his or her name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
- Please consider the proposal carefully and let me know what you decide. Sincerely, Fred
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
written formula for ending a letter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sincerely yours
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
with sincerity; without pretense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she praised him sincerely for his victory
- was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher
- we are truly sorry for the inconvenience
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unfeignedly, truly
Antonyms: insincerely
History
Etymology
From sincere + -ly, from Latin sincērus (“pure, clean, sound”).
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: искрено (iskreno) — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Bulgarian: откровено (otkroveno) — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Catalan: sincerament — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Chinese Mandarin: 真诚地 — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Dutch: oprecht — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Esperanto: sincere — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Finnish: vilpittömästi — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Finnish: todella — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- French: sincèrement — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Galician: sinceramente — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Greek: ειλικρινά (eilikriná) — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Ancient Greek: εἰλικρινῶς (eilikrinôs) — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Hungarian: őszintén — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Italian: sinceramente — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Italian: in fede — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Italian: con sincerità — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Japanese: 切に (setsu ni) — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Japanese: 誠実に (seijitsu ni) — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Lao: ຈິງໃຈ (ching chai) — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Latin: sincērē — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Portuguese: sinceramente — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Russian: и́скренне (ískrenne) — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Spanish: sinceramente — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Thai: อย่างจริงใจ (yàang jing jai) — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Vietnamese: thành thật — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Vietnamese: thật thà — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Vietnamese: ngay thật — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Vietnamese: chân thành — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Vietnamese: thành khẩn — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
- Volapük: ladöfiko — In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly
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