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genuine
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.juˌɪn/
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What does genuine mean?
adjective
- Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native.
- Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated.
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Are they not the genuine and the characteristic means by which republican government provides for the liberty and happiness of the people?
Tom was suffering in reality, now, so handsomely was his imagination working, and so his groans had gathered quite a genuine tone.
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Then she could gradually rise up to the genuine satisfaction of having a partner, a voluntary partner, secured against the dancing began.
In the case under consideration, I can easily believe that, according to all slaveholding standards, here was a genuine instance of impudence.
With these genuine outpourings of misplaced affection were mingled the indecent verses of a more vulgar admirer, and little jars of hashish.