Sincerely
What it means
With honest feeling or intention.
Reach for it when describing words or actions that honestly express the person's actual feeling or intention
He sincerely apologized and replaced the damaged book.
Words to choose between 8
| everyday | |
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| warm |
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| professional | |
| formal |
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everyday
Fits when truthfulness and candor are central
Careful Honesty can be blunt without warmth.
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everyday
Fits when plain emphasis of genuine feeling fits
Careful Truly is vague and often filler.
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warm
Fits when authenticity is the main point
Careful Genuinely can modify facts as well as feeling.
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warm
Fits when full commitment deserves emphasis
Careful Wholeheartedly is stronger than sincere but measured feeling.
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professional
authentically
Fits when alignment with real values or identity matters
Careful Authentically can sound like branding language.
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professional
Fits when direct truthful speech is central
Careful Frankness can hurt and does not guarantee benevolent intention.
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formal
Fits when serious conviction and effort are visible
Careful Earnestly is more intense and can feel solemn.
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formal
in good faith
Fits when honest intention in an agreement matters
Careful Good faith is legal or procedural and does not describe emotion.
Opposites 3
- insincerely
- falsely
- disingenuously
Common phrases 3
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sincerely grateful
We are sincerely grateful for the neighbors' patient help.
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sincerely hope
I sincerely hope the new arrangement gives you room to recover.
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apologize sincerely
Leaders must apologize sincerely before asking for renewed trust.
Word family 2
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Steve Shives, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC0 Updated