genuinely

adv
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/

Etymology

Etymology tree English genuine Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English genuinely From genuine + -ly.

Definitions

  1. In a genuine manner

    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.
    • This was an emphatic performance and victory, the hosts controlling affairs from pretty much first to last in a display that suggested they are genuinely moving forward once again.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for genuinely. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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