Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a genuine manner.
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- adverb In a
genuine manner;truthfully ,truly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb genuinely; with authority
- adverb in accordance with truth or fact or reality
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Examples
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Dorothy sighed, her expression genuinely penitent.
ALONE With You Marisa Silver 2010
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Dorothy sighed, her expression genuinely penitent.
ALONE With You Marisa Silver 2010
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Page 5 (Again, really only Page 4, unless a blue cover with the title genuinely composes an entire page of literature.), is captioned, "Provides Universal Access to Health Care and Secures Entitlements."
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Barr says he wants to raise issues from what he calls a genuinely conservative perspective.
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Even in genuinely “blighted” areas, condemnation is extremely problematic, often leading to the expulsion of poor and minority populations to benefit more influential groups.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Debate Over Eminent Domain “Empty and Incoherent”? 2010
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And it was a time where it seemed to me that if we were going to depict violence, that we would be obliged, really, to depict it accurately, with the kind of terrible, frightening volume that one sees when one genuinely is confronted by violence.
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But Mary genuinely is evolved enough to embrace everyone and everything here.
Three Techniques to Avoid Being a Boring Writer | Write to Done 2009
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And it was a time where it seemed to me that if we were going to depict violence, that we would be obliged, really, to depict it accurately, with the kind of terrible, frightening volume that one sees when one genuinely is confronted by violence.
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That's because I write that Stalin genuinely wished to be useful to his country, but judging by the results of his mistakes, the fruits of his - and the country's - pre-war labor were lost.
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John McCain genuinely cares about this country .... yes, it was two flaming liberals as a choice ... however, Obama's agenda is to change the country into something unrecognizable using "recession, economy, and healthcare," as cover stories for his political goals.
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