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GENUINELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genuinely mean? 

GENUINELY (adverb)
  The adverb GENUINELY has 2 senses:

1. in accordance with truth or fact or realityplay

2. genuinely; with authorityplay

  Familiarity information: GENUINELY used as an adverb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUINELY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In accordance with truth or fact or reality

Synonyms:

genuinely; really; truly

Context example:

they don't really listen to us

Pertainym:

genuine (being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Genuinely; with authority

Synonyms:

authentically; genuinely

Context example:

it is authentically British

Pertainym:

genuine (not fake or counterfeit)


 Context examples 


Elinor was not inclined, after a little observation, to give him credit for being so genuinely and unaffectedly ill-natured or ill-bred as he wished to appear.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

This time Martin was genuinely angry.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He had, I knew, been very genuinely and devotedly attached to his father; and to lose him, and at such a time, was a bitter blow to him.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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