'Genuinely' definitions:
Definition of 'genuinely'
(from WordNet)
adverb
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, genuinely, really]
adverb
Genuinely; with authority; "it is authentically British" [syn: authentically, genuinely]
Definition of 'Genuinely'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'genuinely'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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