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bona fide

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1. bona fide - Adjective

2. bona fide - Adverb

4. bona fide - Phrase

5. bona fide - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork. Edward Abbey

After all the work I've done, why should I suddenly be treated as a bona fide actress? Eva Gabor

Sandra let her words fly on an arrow of certainty. "I know the whereabouts of a bona fide extra terrestrial." Vanna Bonta

I draw no distinction between error and sin. If a man commits a bona fide mistake and confesses it with a contrite heart before his Maker, the merciful Maker sterilizes it of all harm. Mahatma Gandhi

There are no bona fide treatments available for embryonic stem cells. There is nothing in the laboratory, and there is certainly nothing in the clinics available to patients. Michael Burgess

I'm passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin' to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period. Suge Knight

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