OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 27504

bona fide

/ˌbəʊ.nəˈfaɪ.di/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
de buena fe
In good faith; sincere; without deception or ulterior motive.
Although he failed, the prime minister made a bona fide attempt to repair the nation's damaged economy.
It is impossible to say how far this adherence to a creed is a bona fide reversion to a devout habit of mind, and how far it is to be classed as a case of protective mimicry assume…
auténtico
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.
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