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Ingenuously vs Sincerely - What's the difference?

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Ingenuously is a related term of sincerely.


As adverbs the difference between ingenuously and sincerely

is that ingenuously is in an ingenuous manner; frankly, straightforwardly while sincerely is in a sincere or earnest manner; honestly.

ingenuously

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In an ingenuous manner; frankly, straightforwardly.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:Let us ingenuously confesse that only God and Faith hath told it us: for it is no lesson of Nature, nor comming from our reason.
  • *1723 , Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury , V:
  • *:I must ingenuously ackowledge the chief Motive of my leaving her was the Present of a New-Year's''-Gift she made me; but whether ''French'' or ''Neopolitan'', I leave to the Determination of the Sons of ''Galen .

    • sincerely

    English

    Adverb

    (head)
  • In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly.
    • I sincerely hope they make it home safely.
  • (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.
    • Please consider it carefully and let me know what you decide.
  • :: Sincerely,
  • :: Fred

    • Synonyms

    * (in a sincere manner) earnestly, genuinely, honestly, truthfully * (formula for ending a letter) yours sincerely (UK''), sincerely yours (''US ), yours truly, best regards, regards

    Coordinate terms

    * (formula for ending a letter) yours faithfully, xoxo

    Hypernyms

    * (formula for ending a letter) valediction

    Derived terms

    * yours sincerely

    See also

    * faithfully * truly