Genuinely

3 definitions found

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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "genuinely":
     absolutely, actually, all joking aside, artlessly, authentically,
     bluffly, bluntly, broadly, brusquely, candidly, de facto, directly,
     frankly, guilelessly, honestly, in actuality, in all conscience,
     in all seriousness, in effect, in fact, in plain English,
     in plain words, in reality, ingenuously, legitimately, manifestly,
     naturally, obviously, openheartedly, openly, outspokenly,
     plain-spokenly, plainly, positively, really, roundly, simply,
     sincerely, straightforwardly, truly, unaffectedly, unassumedly,
     unconstrainedly, unreservedly, unrestrainedly, veridically,
     veritably, warts and all, with no nonsense