Sincerity
[sɪn'serətɪ] or [sɪn'sɪərəti]
Definition
(noun.) a quality of naturalness and simplicity; 'the simple sincerity of folk songs'.
(noun.) the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical; 'his sincerity inspired belief'; 'they demanded some proof of my sincerity'.
Edited by Adela--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.
Editor: Rhoda
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Honesty, ingenuousness, candor, frankness, artlessness, guilelessness, probity, veracity, truth.
Edited by Charlene
Examples
- Believe me, and Elinor spoke it with the truest sincerity, nothing could be farther from my intention than to give you such an idea. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Lest any man think I mean to be ill-natured when I talk about our pilgrims as I have been talking, I wish to say in all sincerity that I do not. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Sir, I _feel_ honest enough, said Graham; and a genuine English blush covered his face with its warm witness of sincerity. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Consoling her, my own sorrows were assuaged; my sincerity won her entire conviction. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other? Jane Austen. Emma.
- My alliance with him was the pledge of my sincerity, my union with his sister, my children, his presumptive heirs, were the hostages of my truth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Elizabeth's congratulations were given with a sincerity, a warmth, a delight, which words could but poorly express. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- We know that probably his deepest sincerity is an attempt to reproduce the atmosphere of the Senate a hundred years ago. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No; though perhaps wisdom is not his strong point, but rather affection and sincerity. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- His autobiography is curious, and its note of sincerity has given it great value as a human document. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is absurd to debate his sincerity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- My dear Handel, Herbert would say to me, in all sincerity, if you will believe me, those very words were on my lips, by a strange coincidence. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I, too, have seen them all, and heartily believe in the sincerity of your resolution, since it begins to bear fruit. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then, cried Mrs. Jennings with blunt sincerity, no longer able to be silent, he has acted like an honest man! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I wonder the general modesty, manliness, sincerity of his nature do not plead with her in his behalf. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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