genuinely

English

Etymology

From genuine +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

genuinely (comparative more genuinely, superlative most genuinely)

1. In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly.

   I thought they were joking at first, but it seemed they were genuinely interested in the talk about glaciers.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:honestly

Translations

truthfully, truly

• Catalan: autènticament (ca), genuïnament (ca)
• Esperanto: vere (eo)
• Finnish: aidosti (fi), oikeasti (fi)
• French: authentiquement (fr), réellement (fr), vraiment (fr)
• German: wirklich (de), echt (de), ernsthaft (de), aufrichtig (de), tatsächlich (de)
• Italian: veramente (it), genuinamente (it), autenticamente (it)
• Polish: autentycznie (pl)
• Spanish: auténticamente (es), genuinamente