Sincerity is a direct expression of experienced thoughts, relationships, and emotional states. This concept is used to characterize an individual act or existing relationship. For example, they talk about sincere convictions, interest, joy, love, friendship. In a broad sense, the concept of sincerity is applicable as a synonym for honesty, openness and directness, in a narrow sense it refers to congruence and authenticity. These terms are associated with the description of a state and behavior in which a person’s thoughts, feelings, attitudes and external manifestations are consistent and consistent.
What is sincerity?
Sincerity is one of the most valuable qualities of a person. Synonymous with this word are concepts such as honesty and truthfulness. Sincerity is when there are no contradictions between real feelings and how they are manifested and presented to others in words and deeds. A sincere person is one for whom “to be” and “to appear” are identical concepts.
Sincerity happens in communication, and sometimes in relationships. If sincerity in communication presupposes the free and lively expression of one’s feelings, then sincerity in relationships speaks of the absence of a “second bottom” and is manifested not only in sincere words, but in deeds and actions. People are capable of being completely sincere in communication, but at the same time being disingenuous in business and relationships. Moreover, the most difficult case is when a person himself believes that he is doing the right thing, although somewhere deep down he understands that this is not so.
Part of speech of the words “sincerely”, “sincerely”
On special occasions, in congratulations, in words of gratitude for help or service provided, the words that interest us are actively used:
I sincerely thank you for providing the loan on time.
We sincerely congratulate you on your anniversary!
These words differ only in one letter at the end. Let's figure out how to write this lexeme correctly, with the letter “e” or “o”. First, let's determine the part of speech to which it belongs.
The words we are interested in do not change. In a sentence they depend on the verb and answer the adverbial question:
- thank you (how?) sincerely;
- Congratulations (how?) sincerely.
Based on these grammatical features, it can be determined that this is an independent part of speech, an adverb that is synonymous with words of the same part of speech:
- cordially;
- true;
- from the heart.
What does "sincerely" mean? Meaning of the word
If we take the definition of the word “sincerely”, it means “truthfully” and “frankly”. You can sincerely love, hate, respect, etc. Sincerity can manifest itself in words, deeds, and actions. To do something sincerely means to do it from the heart, with pure intentions, without secret thoughts. If a person does something sincerely, the meaning of this action characterizes his true attitude. After all, unfortunately, it often happens that people think one thing, say another, and do something else. In this case, it is difficult to figure out what a person really feels.
In order for people to treat you sincerely, you need to be honest yourself, and above all to yourself.
People often engage in self-deception and come up with excuses for their actions. But if others feel false in your words or deeds, you should not count on a sincere attitude towards yourself.
Meaning of the word sincerely
By nature, the king was in good health and unpretentious, calmly endured both heat and cold, never got tired and hardly noticed that many might experience any inconvenience. He took off his warm velvet cloak and threw it over Angelique’s shoulders. She was enveloped in the warm scent of a strong male body, mixed with the scent of orris root - the king's favorite perfume. The king put his hands on her shoulder and, feeling the warmth, she remembered her dream and closed her eyes. But she immediately opened them again. The king stood on his knees in front of the fireplace, energetically wielding a poker, and then began to fan the smoldering coals. Angelica looked at him as if she was seeing him for the first time in her life. A long-sleeved shirt, an embroidered vest, tightly fitting his broad, manly chest. He now looked like a rich artisan who had had to endure a difficult life. The inconveniences of camp life, driving knee-deep in mud along washed-out roads, dilapidated and half-abandoned castles in which one had to hide in 1649, straw slippers on which one had to while away the night more than once - this is how the king’s youth passed. And therefore it is not surprising that he himself was able to fan the fire in the extinguished fireplace. Louis noticed her bewilderment and smiled: “At such a late time, you can forget about palace etiquette.” The kings faced a difficult lot. They have to account for every gesture and step to the whole world and even, I would say, to the future. This rule applies not only to them, but to everyone around them. And only at night do I become myself.” He ran his hands over his face, as if removing a mask. Angelique thought that Madame de Montespan was unworthy of the king. “At night I become an ordinary person,” the king continued. — I like this office, where I work in peace and quiet. How good it is to think, yawn, talk with a dog and know that all this will not become history. At night I can invite here those whom I sincerely want to see. Yes, the night is the king’s best friend! Angelica looked with admiration at the man who had to work so much and hard, and go hunting, and, in addition, dance at balls. “I am pleased to watch how you look at me,” suddenly said the king. “When a woman looks at a man with such eyes, it fills him with courage and pride. And if this man is a king, then he is ready to conquer the whole world. I am pleased when you are around - you know how to listen. You can object to me: “Who doesn’t listen to the king?” Yes, that's true, but you can listen in different ways. You listen with all your heart, with all your soul and with the desire to understand the speaker. And I am very pleased with this....(Returning to her room) Lying down in a warm bed, Angelica could not fall asleep for a long time. The king's voice kept ringing in her ears. He won her over with the sounds of his voice more than with his kisses.
Anne and Serge Golon
Sincere person. The meaning of this expression
Who is a sincere person? How to define this concept? To put it in a nutshell, a sincere person is not someone who tries not to pretend or lie to others. This is the one who cannot act differently. On the contrary, it is much more difficult for him to play a role and be disingenuous. Most likely, he will not succeed. It is very easy to deceive such people, because they measure everyone by their standards and are accustomed to trusting this world. If someone ever deceives them, they will simply consider it an annoying misunderstanding and will not lose trust in everyone else.
A sincere person is like a child who has grown in mind, but has not grown in soul.
In fact, there are not so many such people. Unfortunately, what generally happens is that children, who are sincere by nature, grow up and lose this quality. They begin to distrust this world and play some roles in order to achieve their desired goals.
Meaning of the word sincere
At the same time, I would like to note that Tsvetaeva is an extremely sincere poet, in general, perhaps the most sincere in the history of Russian poetry.
Of course, unless you are interested in the details of someone else's personal life - in other cases, it is quite possible that you will receive a sincere answer to a sincere question... Are you familiar with the expression “you can’t jump over your head”?
The page gallantly jumped up to her and picked up the fallen silk, after which, gracefully kneeling, he handed it to the girl and, squeezing her hand outstretched to him, imprinted an ardent and sincere kiss on her, undoubtedly more ardent and more sincere than ever before. nor was he imprinted on the lovely hand of his empress.
The poet's prose is written with genuine sincerity, the explanation of which Joseph Brodsky found in the spiritual power gained through suffering: “Tsvetaeva is indeed the most sincere Russian poet, but this sincerity, first of all, is the sincerity of sound - like when they scream in pain.”
It was written with genuine sincerity, the explanation of which Joseph Brodsky found in the spiritual power acquired through suffering: “Tsvetaeva is indeed the most sincere Russian poet, but this sincerity, first of all, is the sincerity of sound - like when they scream in pain.”
Sincere and pure, she almost got into terrible trouble - if not for the faithful John Turtle, bodyguard, sincere friend and ardent lover...
Since sincere, pure and pleasant laughter, even just a cheerful but sincere smile, constitute one of the adornments of life, perhaps even its highest value.
Everything exceptional amazes the mind, and from the mind comes cold and not entirely sincere laughter, for the mind is always two-faced; for sincere laughter you need something completely simple, clear as day, as simple as a finger, but a finger placed in the conditions of the highest comedy.
But one sincere of his sincere friends and the most honest debtor of many thousands, Ksaviry Astafievich, always reminded him of his debt and said: “Wait, brother, wait; As soon as my affairs take a happy turn, I will pay you first.”
One could believe that the sincere West really sincerely takes the side of every self-determined “against the empire” people, and the fate of the anti-Serb partitions is similar to the fate of anti-Pakistan independence Bangladesh, anti-Ethiopian Eritrea, anti-Indonesian East Timor, anti-Yugoslav Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia.
Sincerity in the modern world
In the modern world, a sincere person is a rarity. Sincerity is often perceived as unsophisticated, and therefore stupid and even flawed. Simply put, this quality is interpreted as an inability to adapt to life situations. Nowadays, there is even such a concept as the degree of sincerity. You may be asked: “How sincere are you?” This is fundamentally wrong, because sincerity is akin to honesty. To be a little honest, as well as not to be completely sincere, is tantamount to being deceitful and false. In the present time of the race for survival, among a sea of lies, falsehood and hypocrisy, there are really few people who can remain completely sincere. Only incredibly strong people or very stupid ones are capable of this. Stupid as little children. Only children are sincere in their naivety, which over time, after several deceptions and disappointments, along with gullibility, leaves the growing child. How to preserve this feeling and is it necessary?
History of the origin of words
The next step is to figure out how these adverbs came about. It is logical to assume that they are formed from adjectives.
There is an adjective (what is it?) SINCERE . From it, by replacing suffixes, the adverb SINCERELY is formed. Moreover, in exactly this form, since the adjective has a soft “N” sound at the end. Accordingly, according to the rules of the Russian language, this softness should be preserved in the adverb.
From here, it would seem, we can conclude that the adverb SINCERELY should be written with the letter “E”. However, everything is not so simple!
The fact is that in ancient times there was another word - SINCERE . This is exactly what our ancestors said. And only relatively recently the harder ending “-NNY” turned into the soft “-NNIY”.
But according to the old meaning, an adverb formed from an adjective must also have a hard ending. And accordingly, the word SINCERE turns into SINCERELY.
What should we do in this case? And which form is considered truly correct?
Yes, everything is simple - both words SINCERELY and SINCERELY are used in Russian on equal terms . That is, any sentence can be written differently and it will not be considered an error.
Why is sincerity needed?
Sincerity is a Divine spark. She is pure like morning dew. In fact, this spark is present in every person, it’s just difficult to see it behind the “trash” that accumulates in our souls.
In reality, a sincere person will always attract others. With his truthfulness and purity, he will always touch the strings that everyone has. Just as there are few people who can offend a child, there are just as few who can harm a pure and sincere person. When communicating with a person who remains honest under any circumstances, you can relax, knowing that this person will never “hold a stone in his bosom.” It is the feeling of anxiety and tension that is the scourge of modern society. The more sincere people there are, the easier it will be for us to live in this world.
