genuinely
adverb/ˈdʒɛnjuɪnli/
Frequency rank: #3,694 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
in a truthful and sincere way; truly
Example sentence
She was genuinely surprised when her friends threw her a birthday party.
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