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[Lat.=a knee.] IMG:content-0415.png:[blocks in formation] "I grieved for Bonaparte with a vain And all unthinking grief! for who aspires To genuine greatne but from just desires, And knowledge such as he could never gain." Words worth: Sonnet, dedicated to Liberty , 1801. 2. Trustworthy; not false or double-faced; as, a genuine man. ( Colloquial . ) gen-u-Ine-ly, adv . [Eng. genuine ; -ly.] In a genuing manner; without falsene , adulteration, or foreign admixture; truly, purely, fairly, legitimately. "He had genuinely raised a question which was distasteful to some portions of the House."-London Daily Tele graph.