sincerely

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Yes, she is a woman who can feel, and she has lived her life and felt it very acutely, very sincerely--sincerely?...like a moth caught in a gauze curtain!

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

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  • She may, or may not, be incapable of expressing it, but I believe she could love very deeply and sincerely were her love once awakened You know she has taken up the study of medicine Ned Elliott told me she had been studying with Dr. Parker for about a year Dr. Parker tells me she is making remarkable progress I don't doubt it, mother; she will probably make a success of it; she is just the woman to do so There never was any mention of love between you two, was there, or any engagement?" —  At the Time Appointed
  • I wish I hadn't done it--sincerely. —  Boycotted And Other Stories
  • Men pray most fervently and sincerely, and yet are constantly guilty of acts so bad and base, so ungenerous and unrighteous, that the crimes that crowd the dockets of our courts are scarcely worse A man may be a good sort of man in general, and yet a very bad man in particular: good in the Lodge and bad in the world; good in public, and bad in his family; good at home, and bad on a journey or in a strange city. —  Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
  • Until such time as they repent of this sincerely, and express their willingness to work under the Center of the Covenant, their status must be considered the same. —  The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 2)
  • Accept it, as I offer it you--sincerely, cheerfully. —  The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After"
 

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