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gen·u·ine a. 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.”
Syn: -- Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated. See Authentic.
-- Gen*u*ine*ly, adv. -- Gen*u*ine*ness, n.
The evidence, both internal and external, against the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming. --Macaulay.
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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]