Synonyms of genuinely

genuinely

adverb

ˈjen-yə-wən-lē 

as in very

in actual fact

is genuinely fond of her older brother

Synonyms & Similar Words

• very
• really
• actually
• truly
• just
• authentically
• in truth
• in reality
• veritably
• simply
• certifiably
• almost
• practically
• exactly
• positively
• literally
• in actuality
• accurately
• precisely
• nearly
• virtually
• sharp
• squarely
• right
• smack-dab

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• supposedly
• apparently
• seemingly
• ostensibly
• outwardly
• professedly
• plausibly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of genuinely

Instead of speaking only about the Beautiful Game, Eason would talk to Diomandé about his mother, who suffers from long-term health issues, and genuinely cared about the person behind the player. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

One combat sequence at the end is genuinely excellent because the film puts actual creative effort into staging a knife-versus-ax duel on a gangplank that sways back and forth over the water. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Hopefully, only those genuinely in need of treatment will stay down from now on. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Rather than reflecting genuinely absent enzymes, these gaps could simply mirror methodological limitations in the phylogenetic reconstruction that prevented the identification of all the original ancient enzymes in bacterial and archaean lineages. — Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026