Both Uses
bona fide
in
The Secret Life of Bees
(Edited)
- Rosaleen liked to say May was a bona fide candidate for the nuthouse, but she still took to her.
p. 85.1bona fide = true (real)
- Rosaleen came home, a bona fide registered voter in the United States of America.
p. 283.6 *bona fide = real
Definitions:
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(1)
(bona fide) real (genuine, true, or sincere)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)