dictionary definitions for "genuinely"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  genuinely
      adv 1: in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now
             truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they
             don't really listen to us" [syn: truly, really]
      2: genuinely; with authority; "it is authentically British"
         [syn: authentically]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  genuine \gen"u*ine\, a. [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to
     beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. g['e]nuine. See
     Gender.]
     Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native;
     hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated;
     authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a
     genuine production; genuine materials. "True, genuine night."
     --Dryden.
  
     Syn: Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated.
          See Authentic. -- Gen"u*ine*ly, adv. --
          Gen"u*ine*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]
  
                The evidence, both internal and external, against
                the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming.
                                                    --Macaulay.
          [1913 Webster]


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