SINCERELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sincerely mean? 

• SINCERELY (adverb)
  The adverb SINCERELY has 2 senses:

1. with sincerity; without pretense

2. written formula for ending a letter

  Familiarity information: SINCERELY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINCERELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With sincerity; without pretense

Synonyms:

sincerely; truly; unfeignedly

Context example:

we are truly sorry for the inconvenience

Antonym:

insincerely (without sincerity)

Pertainym:

sincere (open and genuine; not deceitful)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Written formula for ending a letter

Synonyms:

sincerely; sincerely yours

 Context examples 

Edward seemed a second Willoughby; and acknowledging as Elinor did, that she HAD loved him most sincerely, could she feel less than herself!

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I love my cousin tenderly and sincerely.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“I am perfectly satisfied,” replied Emma, with the brightest smiles, “and most sincerely wish them happy.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I confess myself sincerely anxious that you may.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

"He is a great man," Martin said sincerely.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Are you in earnest? Do you truly love me? Do you sincerely wish me to be your wife?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

She dared not relate the other half of Mr. Darcy's letter, nor explain to her sister how sincerely she had been valued by her friend.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I felt so deeply what I said, it affected me so sincerely, that my voice failed, and I covered my face with my hand, and broke into tears.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The Admiral does not seem very ill, and I sincerely hope Bath will do him all the good he wants.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Delighting, however, as Catherine sincerely did in the prospect of the connection, it must be acknowledged that Isabella far surpassed her in tender anticipations.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)