in a genuine, honest manner
from Latin sincerus 'clean, pure, sound', possibly from sine 'without' + cera 'wax'
The etymology suggests 'without wax' - ancient sculptors would hide flaws with wax, so 'sincere' meant genuine, unaltered marble. Pretty cool that we still use it to mean 'honest'!
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