bonafidely

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English

Etymology

From bona fide +‎ -ly.

Adverb

bonafidely (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard) In a bona fide manner; genuinely; in good faith.
    • 1971, United States Committee on Education and Labor, quoting Leo Pfeffer, Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1971 , page 1421:
      Hence, a voucher plan which permits the private schools to exclude children not of the faith and to admit only children belonging to the faith, even if this is done bonafidely, without any intention to encourage racial segregation, it seems to me that the effect of such a pattern, []

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