bona fide
adv/ˌbəʊ.nəˈfaɪ.di/UK/ˈboʊnə.faɪd/US/ˈboʊnə.faɪd/CA
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin bonā fidē (“in good faith”).
Definitions
In good faith
In good faith; genuinely, sincerely.
- But by the knots I am speaking of, may it please your reverences to believe, that I mean good, honest, devilish tight, hard knots, made bona fide, as Obadiah made his; […]
- Let thinking people, then, judge what must be the fate of a church, whose fundamental doctrines are disbelieved by men of sense and inquiry, whose articles are well known not to be subscribed bonâ fide by those who officiate in it […].
Genuine
Genuine; not counterfeit.
- This is a bona fide Roman coin.
- To Billy Byrne, then, Pesita was a real general, and Billy, himself, a bona fide captain.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bona fide. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA