Both Uses of
genuine
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- Ron, who still had not said a word, took the badge, stared at it for a moment, then held it out to Harry as though asking mutely for confirmation that it was genuine.†
Chpt 9 *
- He had the strangest feeling that this time he was going to get lucky at last, and find the way to open it… he was feet from it, and saw with a leap of excitement that there was a glowing strip of faint blue light down the right-hand side… the door was ajar… he stretched out his hand to push it wide and — Ron gave a loud, rasping, genuine snore and Harry awoke abruptly with his right hand stretched in front of him in the darkness, to open a door that was hundreds of miles away.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(genuine) real (as when a person is sincere or an object is not a replica or fake)