[syn: authentically, genuinely]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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, genuinely,
really]
2: genuinely; with authority; "it is authentically British"
[syn: authentically, genuinely]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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