# genuinely

Pronunciation: say "JEN-yoo-in-lee" /ˈdʒɛnjuɪnli/

## Adverb

1. Truly and sincerely, in fact and not merely in appearance or pretense.
   - Simple: In a real and honest way, not pretended or fake.
   - _The audience seemed genuinely moved by her closing speech._
   - _I'm genuinely surprised the experiment worked on the first attempt._

## Origin

Formed from genuine plus the suffix -ly.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/genuinely (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).