sincerely
/sɪnˈsɪəli/sin-SIR-lee
/sɪnˈsɪɹli/sin-SIR-lee
Meaningin a genuine way
Common meaning: honestly
- sincerclean, pure, genuineLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1706 · scan
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latinsincērus, -a, -um‘clean, pure, genuine’
- Old Frenchsinceresource
- Englishsincere‘genuine’
- Englishformed in English from sinceresincerely‘honestly’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from sincere + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SINCERE, p.555 · scan
Roots
- sincērus, -a, -um Latin “clean, pure, genuine”
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