All 7 Uses of
genuine
in
A Passage to India
- This tiny breath of genuine criticism had given deep offence, not indeed to Miss Derek, who was as hard as nails, but to her friends.†
Chpt 5genuine = real
- Many of the guests, especially the humbler and less Anglicized, were genuinely grateful.†
Chpt 5 *genuinely = really
- They shook hands over her shoulder, shouted through her body—for when the Indian does ignore his rulers, he becomes genuinely unaware of their existence.†
Chpt 25
- But she is perfectly genuine and very brave.†
Chpt 27genuine = real
- Loud talk and trivial lawlessness were attempted, and behind them continued a genuine but vague desire for education.†
Chpt 29
- Loud protestations of amity were exchanged by prominent citizens, and there went with them a genuine desire for a good understanding.†
Chpt 30
- And though sometimes at the back of his mind he felt that Fielding had made sacrifices for him, it was now all confused with his genuine hatred of the English.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
real (as when a person is sincere or an object is not a replica or fake)