Word Meanings - UNSINCERE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Not sincere or pure; insincere. Dryden. -- Un`sin*cere"ness, n.
Related words: (words related to UNSINCERE)
- SINCERELY
In a sincere manner. Specifically: Purely; without alloy. Milton. Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely. - SINCERENESS
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sincerus, of uncertain origin; the first part perhaps akin to sin- in singuli , and the second to cernere to separate (cf. 1. Pure; unmixed; unadulterated. There is no sincere acid in any animal juice. Arbuthnot. A joy which never was sincere - INSINCERELY
Without sincerity. - INSINCERE
1. Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations. 2. Disappointing; imperfect; unsound. To render - UNSINCERE
Not sincere or pure; insincere. Dryden. -- Un`sin*cere"ness, n.