Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a sincere manner, in any sense of the word sincere; wholly; purely; with truth; truly; really.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb Purely; without alloy.
  • adverb Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly.
  • adverb US A conventional formula for ending a letter, used when the salutation addresses the person for whom the letter is intended by his or her name.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb written formula for ending a letter
  • adverb with sincerity; without pretense

Etymologies

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sincere +‎ -ly, from Latin sincerus ("pure, clean, sound").

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