All 7 Uses
genuine
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Never Let Me Go
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- I was genuinely angry, because I thought he was lying to me, just when I deserved to be taken into his confidence.†
p. 24.1 *genuinely = really
- If Tommy had genuinely tried, she was saying, but he just couldn't be very creative, then that was quite all right, he wasn't to worry about it.†
p. 27.9
- But Ruth and Tommy never did anything gross in front of people, and if sometimes they cuddled or whatever, it felt like they were genuinely doing it for each other, not for an audience.†
p. 95.3
- He seemed genuinely sceptical, perhaps because I wasn't making more fuss.†
p. 172.5
- I wasn't sure if this was a cue for me to say how good the drawings were, but by this time, I was becoming genuinely drawn to these fantastical creatures in front of me.†
p. 188.1
- I said nice things about her too, and for the next half hour or so, I think we were genuinely delighted to be with each other.†
p. 214.3
- Ruth sounded genuinely puzzled.†
p. 225.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(genuine) real (as when a person is sincere or an object is not a replica or fake)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)