Meaning of genuinely in English

genuinely

adverb

/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn.li/ us

/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn.li/

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really and sincerely:

I'm genuinely sorry for what I said.

She was genuinely pleased when he arrived.

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Most politicians genuinely believe they are incorruptible.
He is genuinely motivated by a desire to help people.
He made all the right noises about my audition but I couldn't tell if he was genuinely impressed.
Most of the unemployed are not work-shy and genuinely do want jobs.

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genuinely

adverb

/ˈdʒen·ju·ən·li/

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truthfully; sincerely; really; actually:

I’m genuinely sorry if I offended you.

(Definition of genuinely from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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This is not to say that such views are not, in some sense, genuinely held.

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But they were genuinely popular among those who were promised a place in that nation.

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Sometimes this is because of genuinely different methodological approaches and the difficulty of obtaining reliable data sets.

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On the other hand, a genuinely comparative urban history is liberating.

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Even when the parties are genuinely related, the findings indicate that this does not necessarily rule out commercialization.

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Perhaps he genuinely hoped that peace had broken out.

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This fascinating paper shows that if these extensions are supported, then nested data types become genuinely useful.

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In general, a characteristic field is essentially genuinely nonlinear, and the involved wave is characterized by the so called compressive shock or expansive rarefaction.

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There was a shared feeling that, above anything else, a care-home manager needs genuinely to care for others.

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When general institutional facts about the law prioritize justice, this gives the demands that justice makes on the law a genuinely moral priority.

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Only a small fraction of races are genuinely competitive in the sense that spatial models assume.

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Students' feedback on the activity was very positive, showing that they enjoyed the genuinely communicative nature of it.

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It has not been established whether imperfect information would ever provide a motivation for genuinely paternalist interventions.

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Sharp appears not to possess the ability to recognize truly intelligent literary ideas and genuinely imaginative creation.

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How could a genuinely avant-garde music 'reach down' to commodified listeners?

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