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Bona fide

//ˈboʊnə.faɪd// adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In good faith; sincere; without deception or ulterior motive. not-comparable

    "Although he failed, the prime minister made a bona fide attempt to repair the nation's damaged economy."

  2. 2
    Genuine; not counterfeit. not-comparable

    "This is a bona fide Roman coin."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not counterfeit or copied wordnet
  2. 2
    undertaken in good faith wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In good faith; genuinely, sincerely. not-comparable

    "But by the knots I am speaking of, may it please your reverences to believe, that I mean good, honest, devilish tight, hard knots, made bona fide, as Obadiah made his; […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Latin bonā fidē (“in good faith”).

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from Latin bonā fidē (“in good faith”).

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