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Sincere

//sɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)// adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt.

    "I believe he is sincere in his offer to help."

  2. 2
    Meant truly or earnestly.

    "She gave it a sincere if misguided effort."

  3. 3
    clean; pure archaic
Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions wordnet
  2. 2
    open and genuine; not deceitful wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name.

Etymology

From Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together”) (whence English sam) + *ḱer- (“grow”) (whence Latin Ceres, the goddess of harvest, etymon of cereal). Not from sine (“without”) + cera (“wax”), a folk etymology; see Wikipedia page.

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