All 5 Uses of
genuine
in
The House of Mirth
- She was too genuinely ignorant of the manipulations of the stock-market to understand his technical explanations, or even perhaps to perceive that certain points in them were slurred; the haziness enveloping the transaction served as a veil for her embarrassment, and through the general blur her hopes dilated like lamps in a fog.†
Chpt 1.7
- Mrs. Peniston's horror was genuine.†
Chpt 1.11 *
- Mrs. Peniston's genuine incredulity enabled her to dismiss Miss Stepney with a disdain which boded ill for that lady's prospect of succeeding to the black brocade; but minds impenetrable to reason have generally some crack through which suspicion filters, and her visitor's insinuations did not glide off as easily as she had expected.†
Chpt 1.11
- He met this with a look of genuine wonder.†
Chpt 2.6
- He stared in genuine wonder.†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
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(genuine) real (as when a person is sincere or an object is not a replica or fake)