Meanings
- nonstandardnot comparableIn a bona fide manner; genuinely; in good faith.
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,[…]
1971, United States Committee on Education and Labor, quoting Leo Pfeffer, Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1971 […] , page 1421Synonyms: bona fide
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a bona fide manner; genuinely; in good faith.
Origin
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