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gen·u·ine

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–adjective

1.	possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.

2.	properly so called: a genuine case of smallpox.

3.	free from pretense, affectation, or hypocrisy; sincere: a genuine person.

4.	descended from the original stock; pure in breed: a genuine Celtic people.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < L genuīnus innate, natural = genu-, as in ingenuus native (see ingenuous) + -īnus -ine¹

]

—Related forms

gen·u·ine·ly, adverb

gen·u·ine·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. See authentic. 3. true, unaffected, open, honest, forthright.

—Pronunciation note Two pronunciations of genuine occur, with a sharp social contrast between them. The usual educated pronunciation is

Audio Help [jen-yoo-in] Pronunciation Key, with the final syllable unstressed. Among some less educated speakers, especially older ones, genuine is commonly pronounced as

Audio Help [jen-yoo-ahyn], with a secondary stress on the final syllable, which has the vowel of sign. The latter pronunciation is sometimes used deliberately by educated speakers, as for emphasis or humorous effect.

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gen·u·ine Audio Help (jěn'yōō-ĭn) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Actually possessing the alleged or apparent attribute or character: genuine leather.
Not spurious or counterfeit; authentic. See Synonyms at authentic.
1. Honestly felt or experienced: genuine devotion.
2. Actual; real: a genuine dilemma.
Free from hypocrisy or dishonesty; sincere.
Being of pure or original stock: a genuine Hawaiian.

[Latin genuīnus, natural, possibly from alteration of ingenuus, native, freeborn; see ingenuous.]

gen'u·ine·ly adv., gen'u·ine·ness n.

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genuinely
adverb
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]
2.	genuinely; with authority; "it is authentically British" [syn: authentically]

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ˈgenuinely adverb

Example: He was genuinely pleased to see her.

Arabic:	بصورة حقيقيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	真正地
Chinese (Traditional):	真正地
Czech:	opravdu, vážně
Danish:	oprigtigt; virkeligt
Dutch:	oprecht
Estonian:	siiralt
Finnish:	vilpittömän
French:	sincèrement
German:	wirklich
Greek:	ειλικρινά
Hungarian:	őszintén
Icelandic:	innilega; einlæglega
Indonesian:	dengan tulus
Italian:	sinceramente

Japanese:	心から
Korean:	진실로
Latvian:	patiesi
Lithuanian:	nuoširdžiai
Norwegian:	oppriktig, ekte, genuint
Polish:	autentycznie
Portuguese (Brazil):	sinceramente
Portuguese (Portugal):	genuínamente
Romanian:	sincer
Russian:	искренне
Slovak:	úprimne
Slovenian:	iskreno
Spanish:	auténticamente; sinceramente, verdaderamente
Swedish:	uppriktigt, genuint
Turkish:	gerçekten, hakikaten