"sincere" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /sɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɪnˈsɪɹ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-sincere.ogg [US] Forms: more sincere [comparative], sincerer [comparative], most sincere [superlative], sincerest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- + *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Ceres (“goddess of harvest”) from which English cereal. Unrelated to sine (“without”) + cera (“wax”) (folk etymology); see Wikipedia page. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|sincere}} Middle French sincere, {{der|en|la|sincerus||genuine}} Latin sincerus (“genuine”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sem-}} Proto-Indo-European *sem-, {{m|ine-pro|*ḱer-#Verb|*ḱer-|grow}} *ḱer- (“grow”), {{m|la|Ceres||goddess of harvest}} Ceres (“goddess of harvest”), {{m|en|cereal}} cereal, {{m|la|sine||without}} sine (“without”), {{m|la|cera||wax}} cera (“wax”) Head templates: {{en-adj|more|er}} sincere (comparative more sincere or sincerer, superlative most sincere or sincerest)
  1. Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (earnest): i sinqertë (Albanian), εἰλικρινής (eilikrinḗs) (Ancient Greek), مُخْلِص (muḵliṣ) (Arabic), անկեղծ (ankeġc) (Armenian), səmimi (Azerbaijani), zintzo (Basque), шчы́ры (ščýry) (Belarusian), и́скрен (ískren) (Bulgarian), sincer (Catalan), دڵ پاک (english: dill pak) (Central Kurdish), 真誠 (Chinese Mandarin), 真诚 (zhēnchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), upřímný (Czech), oprigtig (Danish), oprecht (Dutch), sincera (Esperanto), siiras (Estonian), vilpitön (Finnish), sincère (French), sincero (Galician), franco (Galician), გულწრფელი (gulc̣rpeli) (Georgian), aufrichtig (German), 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐌽𐍃 (airkns) (Gothic), 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (unhindarweis) (Gothic), ειλικρινής (eilikrinís) (Greek), ईमानदार (īmāndār) (Hindi), सच्चा (saccā) (Hindi), őszinte (Hungarian), einlægur (Icelandic), ikhlas (Indonesian), tulus hati (Indonesian), bersih hati (Indonesian), dílis (Irish), cneasta (Irish), sincero (Italian), fervido (Italian), zelante (Italian), assiduo (Italian), 誠実な (seijitsu na) (alt: せいじつな) (Japanese), адал (adal) (Kazakh), ақкөңіл (aqköñıl) (Kazakh), шын (şyn) (Kazakh), ស្មោះ (smɑh) (Khmer), សច្ចំ (saccang) (Khmer), 진실하다 (jinsilhada) (Korean), ຈິງໃຈ (ching chai) (Lao), sincērus (Latin), patiess (Latvian), (chéng) (Literary Chinese), (dǎn) (Literary Chinese), (dàn) (Literary Chinese), (xún) (Literary Chinese), (kǔn) (Literary Chinese), (kěn) (Literary Chinese), (bì) (Literary Chinese), (dān) (Literary Chinese), (sù) (Literary Chinese), (dǔ) (Literary Chinese), (zhì) (Literary Chinese), nuoširdus (Lithuanian), искрен (iskren) (Macedonian), ikhlas (Malay), tinihangakore (Maori), motuhenga (Maori), ngākau pono (Maori), sîncéthe (Norman), oppriktig (Norwegian Bokmål), صادق (sâdeq) (Persian), صمیمی (samimi) (Persian), szczery (Polish), sincero (Portuguese), sincer (Romanian), и́скренний (ískrennij) (Russian), и̏скрен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȉskren [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), úprimný (Slovak), iskren (Slovene), sincero (Spanish), uppriktig (Swedish), содиқ (sodiq) (Tajik), самимӣ (samimī) (Tajik), จริงใจ (jing-jai) (Thai), samimi (Turkish), içten (Turkish), yürekten (Turkish), kalpten (Turkish), щи́рий (ščýryj) (Ukrainian), سەمىمىي (semimiy) (Uyghur), samimiy (Uzbek), thành thật (Vietnamese), thật thà (Vietnamese), ngay thật (Vietnamese), chân thành (Vietnamese), thành khẩn (Vietnamese), ladöfik (Volapük), diffuant (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sincere-en-adj-B5yy8yZr Disambiguation of Personality: 99 1 0 Disambiguation of 'earnest': 57 43 0
  2. Meant truly or earnestly.
    Sense id: en-sincere-en-adj-urVnwuAh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Literary Chinese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 60 1 Disambiguation of Literary Chinese terms with redundant transliterations: 41 58 2
  3. (archaic) clean; pure Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-sincere-en-adj-eW0aWLow
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: earnest Related terms: cereal, Ceres, crescent, sincerity, sincereness

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "i sinqertë"
        },
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          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muḵliṣ",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "مُخْلِص"
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          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
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          "roman": "ankeġc",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "անկեղծ"
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          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "səmimi"
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          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "zintzo"
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          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ščýry",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "шчы́ры"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ískren",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "и́скрен"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "sincer"
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          "code": "lzh",
          "lang": "Literary Chinese",
          "roman": "chéng",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "誠"
        },
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          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "lzh",
          "lang": "Literary Chinese",
          "roman": "dǎn",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "亶"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "lzh",
          "lang": "Literary Chinese",
          "roman": "dàn",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "僤"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "lzh",
          "lang": "Literary Chinese",
          "roman": "xún",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "恂"
        },
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          "code": "lzh",
          "lang": "Literary Chinese",
          "roman": "kǔn",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "悃"
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          "code": "lzh",
          "lang": "Literary Chinese",
          "roman": "kěn",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "懇"
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          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "lzh",
          "lang": "Literary Chinese",
          "roman": "bì",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "愊"
        },
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          "code": "lzh",
          "lang": "Literary Chinese",
          "roman": "dān",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "愖"
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          "code": "lzh",
          "lang": "Literary Chinese",
          "roman": "sù",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "愫"
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          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "lzh",
          "lang": "Literary Chinese",
          "roman": "dǔ",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "篤"
        },
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          "code": "lzh",
          "lang": "Literary Chinese",
          "roman": "zhì",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "摯"
        },
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          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "真誠"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhēnchéng",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "真诚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "upřímný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "oprigtig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "oprecht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "sincera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "siiras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "vilpitön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "sincère"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "sincero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "franco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gulc̣rpeli",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "გულწრფელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "aufrichtig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "airkns",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐌽𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "unhindarweis",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "eilikrinís",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "ειλικρινής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "eilikrinḗs",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "εἰλικρινής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "īmāndār",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "ईमानदार"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "saccā",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "सच्चा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "őszinte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "einlægur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "ikhlas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "tulus hati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "bersih hati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "dílis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "cneasta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "sincero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "fervido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "zelante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "assiduo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "alt": "せいじつな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "seijitsu na",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "誠実な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "adal",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "адал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aqköñıl",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "ақкөңіл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "şyn",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "шын"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "smɑh",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "ស្មោះ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "saccang",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "សច្ចំ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jinsilhada",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "진실하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "ckb",
          "english": "dill pak",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "دڵ پاک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ching chai",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "ຈິງໃຈ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "sincērus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "patiess"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "nuoširdus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "iskren",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "искрен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "ikhlas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "tinihangakore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "motuhenga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "ngākau pono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "sîncéthe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "oppriktig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sâdeq",
          "sense": "earnest",
          "word": "صادق"
        },
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "i sinqertë"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "مُخْلِص"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "ankeġc",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "անկեղծ"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "səmimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "zintzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ščýry",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "шчы́ры"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "ískren",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "и́скрен"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "sincer"
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    {
      "code": "lzh",
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      "roman": "chéng",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "誠"
    },
    {
      "code": "lzh",
      "lang": "Literary Chinese",
      "roman": "dǎn",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "亶"
    },
    {
      "code": "lzh",
      "lang": "Literary Chinese",
      "roman": "dàn",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "僤"
    },
    {
      "code": "lzh",
      "lang": "Literary Chinese",
      "roman": "xún",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "恂"
    },
    {
      "code": "lzh",
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      "roman": "kǔn",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "悃"
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    {
      "code": "lzh",
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      "roman": "kěn",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "懇"
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      "roman": "bì",
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      "word": "愊"
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      "code": "lzh",
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      "word": "愖"
    },
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      "code": "lzh",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "愫"
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      "code": "lzh",
      "lang": "Literary Chinese",
      "roman": "dǔ",
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      "word": "篤"
    },
    {
      "code": "lzh",
      "lang": "Literary Chinese",
      "roman": "zhì",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "摯"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "真誠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēnchéng",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "真诚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "upřímný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "oprigtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "oprecht"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "sincera"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "siiras"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "vilpitön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "sincère"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "sincero"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "franco"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "gulc̣rpeli",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "გულწრფელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "aufrichtig"
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "airkns",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐌽𐍃"
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    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "unhindarweis",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "ειλικρινής"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "εἰλικρινής"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "īmāndār",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "ईमानदार"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "saccā",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "सच्चा"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "őszinte"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "einlægur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "ikhlas"
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    {
      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "tulus hati"
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    {
      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "bersih hati"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "dílis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "cneasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "sincero"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "fervido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "zelante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "assiduo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいじつな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seijitsu na",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "誠実な"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "adal",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "адал"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aqköñıl",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "ақкөңіл"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şyn",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "шын"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "smɑh",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "ស្មោះ"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "saccang",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "សច្ចំ"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jinsilhada",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "진실하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "english": "dill pak",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "دڵ پاک"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ching chai",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "ຈິງໃຈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "sincērus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "patiess"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "nuoširdus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "iskren",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "искрен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "ikhlas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "tinihangakore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "motuhenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "ngākau pono"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "sîncéthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "oppriktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sâdeq",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "صادق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "samimi",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "صمیمی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "szczery"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "sincero"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "sincer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ískrennij",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "и́скренний"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "и̏скрен"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȉskren"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "úprimný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "iskren"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "sincero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "uppriktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sodiq",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "содиқ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "samimī",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "самимӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jing-jai",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "จริงใจ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "samimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "içten"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "yürekten"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "kalpten"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ščýryj",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "щи́рий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "semimiy",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "سەمىمىي"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "samimiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "thành thật"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "thật thà"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "ngay thật"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "chân thành"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "thành khẩn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "ladöfik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "earnest",
      "word": "diffuant"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sincere"
}

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