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genuinely

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gen·u·ine  (jny-n)
adj.
1. Actually possessing the alleged or apparent attribute or character: genuine leather.
2. Not spurious or counterfeit; authentic. See Synonyms at authentic.
3.
a. Honestly felt or experienced: genuine devotion.
b. Actual; real: a genuine dilemma.
4. Free from hypocrisy or dishonesty; sincere.
5. Being of pure or original stock: a genuine Hawaiian.

[Latin genunus, natural, possibly from alteration of ingenuus, native, freeborn; see ingenuous.]

genu·ine·ly adv.
genu·ine·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.genuinelygenuinely - in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us"
2.genuinely - genuinely; with authority; "it is authentically British"
Translations
genuinely [ˈdʒenjʊɪnlɪ] ADV
1. (= authentically) [funny] → realmente, verdaderamente
he claims, probably quite genuinely, to beasegura, y probablemente sea cierto, ser ...
2. (= sincerely) [believe] → sinceramente, realmente; [want] → realmente, de verdad; [interested, worried, upset] → verdaderamente, realmente
he genuinely wants to changerealmente or de verdad quiere cambiar
they were genuinely pleased to see mese alegraban de verdad de verme
I'm genuinely sorry that Peter has gonesiento de verdad que Peter se haya ido, lamento sinceramente que Peter se haya ido
genuinely [ˈdʒɛnjuɪnli] adv
[interested, concerned] → sincèrement, vraiment
[surprised] → vraiment, réellement
[nice, funny, good] → vraiment
[democratic, independent] → réellement
[believe, feel, want] → vraiment, sincèrement
genuinely
advwirklich; he is genuinely interested in making it worker ist wirklich or ernsthaft daran interessiert, dass es klappt; they are genuinely concernedsie machen sich ernsthafte Sorgen; I’m genuinely sorry that Peter has gonees tut mir wirklich leid, dass Peter gegangen ist
genuinely [ˈdʒɛnjʊɪnlɪ] adv (believe, welcome) → sinceramente, veramente
genuinely [ˈdʒɛnjʊɪnlɪ] adv (believe, welcome) → sinceramente, veramente


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But he could not understand why he should have been so genuinely affected by the story he was making up.
I might even be genuinely touched, though probably I should grind my teeth at myself afterwards and lie awake at night with shame for months after.
Levin said what he had genuinely been thinking of late.
 
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