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Discover LudwigThe phrase "asked sincerely" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that a question or request was made with genuine intent or earnestness.
Example: "She asked sincerely if there was anything she could do to help him during his difficult time."
Alternatives: "inquired earnestly" or "requested genuinely".
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"Do you have friends?" Mr. Kelle asked, sincerely.
It is not a question I often get over coffee, but it was asked sincerely, by a serious Arab journalist who wanted a serious answer.
Which is why last month, when David Cameron tilted his metaphorical policy head sympathetically to the side and asked sincerely, "Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?", the nation rightly showed a degree of scepticism.
After a night out together where I far outpaced her, she turned to me and asked sincerely, "What's going on?" I finally saw outside myself for the first time.
When I visited North Korea on a tightly managed trip in 2005, I was well into an hour of chatting with a local mountain guide, a former military man, when he paused and asked sincerely about a detail of American nuclear policy: "I don't understand why you had to use nuclear weapons in Iraq".
"Do people there think tech is a bubble?" another one asked sincerely.
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During Welsh rock band Catfish and the Bottlemen's Friday afternoon set, frontman Van McCann asks, sincerely, if people are looking forward to the rapper's performance, and the boos drown out the cheers.
All you must do is ask sincerely and thank copiously.
Come from a place of authenticity, kindness, ask sincerely.
"The Koran comes in English?" he asked, utterly sincerely.
"The police asked, very sincerely: 'Do we make you very famous in the world?' It is hard for them to ask this sort of question.
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