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Dictionary entry overview: What does authentically mean?
• AUTHENTICALLY (adverb)
The adverb AUTHENTICALLY has 1 sense:
1. genuinely; with authority
Familiarity information: AUTHENTICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genuinely; with authority
Synonyms:
authentically; genuinely
Context example:
it is authentically British
Pertainym:
authentic (not counterfeit or copied)
Context examples
Perhaps some unbelievable guest would arrive, a person infinitely rare and to be marvelled at, some authentically radiant young girl who with one fresh glance at Gatsby, one moment of magical encounter, would blot out those five years of unwavering devotion.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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