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- adverb In an
uncynical way; withoutcynicism .
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Examples
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If we treat them uncynically and respectfully, as people interested in the good, the true, and the beautiful, and if we read books with them in search of the good, the true, and the beautiful, they invariably rise to the occasion, vindicating our trust in their potential.
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If we treat them uncynically and respectfully, as people interested in the good, the true, and the beautiful, and if we read books with them in search of the good, the true, and the beautiful, they invariably rise to the occasion, vindicating our trust in their potential.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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Must we be prosy if we are profoundly, uncynically sincere?
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Must we be prosy if we are profoundly, uncynically sincere?
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868
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Must we be prosy if we are profoundly, uncynically sincere?
The Amazing Marriage — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Maybe it's better than nothing, but am I the only one concerned when I hear someone talk uncynically about transparency and true information through YouTube video clips?
Slashdot: Politics 2009
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How unexpectedly comforting to slough off our brittle chrysalis of presidential detachment and invest so completely and uncynically in the lives of these people.
Salon 2008
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