1 real; exactly what it appears to be; not artificial:
Is the painting a genuine Picasso? * Fake designer watches are sold at a fraction of the price of the genuine article. * Only genuine refugees can apply for asylum.
2 sincere and honest; that can be trusted:
He made a genuine attempt to improve conditions. * genuine concern for others * a very genuine person
genuinely adverb:
genuinely sorry
genuineness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for genuine is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is genuine a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, genuine is tagged as adjective.
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