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) 3.0 (2006) [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}, {genuinely},
{really}]
2: genuinely; with authority; "it is authentically British"
[syn: {authentically}, {genuinely}]
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