genuinely
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.10 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -ūs Latin genuīnusbor. English genuine Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English genuinely From genuine + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more genuinely (comparative)
most genuinely (superlative)