as in very
in actual fact
is genuinely fond of her older brother
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Recent Examples of genuinely
The company’s shares closed on its first day of trading up 19%, sending the its valuation above $2 trillion in a genuinely historic IPO.
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Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 15 June 2026
If someone hesitates, keep spirits up and adjust the route without losing the goal, then genuinely celebrate small wins.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026
Here’s the part that genuinely caught the team off guard.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026
Around the same time, voice assistants started crossing the line from novelty to genuinely useful.
—New Atlas, 14 June 2026
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Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 15 June 2026
If someone hesitates, keep spirits up and adjust the route without losing the goal, then genuinely celebrate small wins.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026
Here’s the part that genuinely caught the team off guard.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026
Around the same time, voice assistants started crossing the line from novelty to genuinely useful.
—New Atlas, 14 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for genuinely
Recent Examples of Synonyms for genuinely
Adverb
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Following their arrival, word spread among law enforcement at Kansas City Stadium (aka Arrowhead) that the King and Queen were en route — and the path to the VVIP (yes, very very) entrance was cleared by FBI officials, who kept fans away from the area.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
21 June 2026
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This could look like a very specific cut of a sleeve of a shirt that nods to that time.—
Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Adverb
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Steve Toussaint said something really great.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
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Also, the experience of traveling with locals is something that really added to the experience.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Adverb
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The Border Commandos, who control villages and smuggle cocaine along parts of Colombia's frontier with Ecuador, number about 1,000 fighters, thus only 10% of the group actually turned in weapons.—
John Otis,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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Tourism boards need to be far more aggressive about designing ecosystems that circulate tourist dollars into the hands of the people who actually birthed and molded the soil of the destination worth visiting.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Adverb
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But unlike those three, he’s never been cast truly as a leading man.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2026
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But the paper world — the construction of entire paper sets and environments — only truly began for me around 2014.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
21 June 2026
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“Genuinely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genuinely. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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