as in sincerely
without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration
that rare restaurant reviewer who writes engagingly but unpretentiously about food
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Adverb
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For example, someone may sincerely believe a supplement, detox or alternative therapy helped when symptoms may have improved naturally or because of expectation alone.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
18 June 2026 -
The back support was there, and as someone who’s five eleven, that was sincerely appreciated.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
15 June 2026
Adverb
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The aesthetics of every World Cup are genuinely important to our collective memory of them.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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The most genuinely useful Father's Day gift isn't a one-time cleanup.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
Adverb
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By far the best known of Egypt’s players, Salah is a Sunni Muslim who practices his faith openly, on and off the field.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
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Like Kennedy, many of them hold anti-vaccine views and are also openly hostile to mRNA technology.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2026
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“Unpretentiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpretentiously. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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