bona fide

Definition

In good faith; genuinely, sincerely.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin bonā fidē (“in good faith”).

Example Sentences

• "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 […]."