The inviolable body stood sincere.
Dryden.
3. Being in reality what it appears to be; having a character which
corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true;
real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge; a sincere contempt for
meanness.
A sincere intention of pleasing God in all our actions.
Law.
4. Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend;
a sincere person.
The more sincere you are, the better it will fare with you at the
great day of account.
Waterland.
Syn. -- Honest; unfeigned; unvarnished; real; true; unaffected;
inartificial; frank; upright. See Hearty.
Sin*cere"ly, adv. In a sincere manner. Specifically: (a) Purely;
without alloy. Milton. (b) Honestly; unfeignedly; without
dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue
sincerely.
Sin*cere"ness, n. Same as Sincerity. Beau. & Fl.
Sin*cer"i*ty (?), n. [L. sinceritas: cf. F. sincérité.] The quality or
state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from
simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.