authentically

In an authentic manner; genuinely

Adverb

  1. In an authentic manner; genuinely
    • It is in the nature of all party systems that the authentically political talents can assert themselves only in rare cases, and it is even rarer that the specifically political qualifications survive the petty maneuvers...
    • Contrary to popular belief, sushi doesn't have to be served over a bar. A favorite place to get authentically sushified. - 2003 12, Let's Go Inc., Let's Go Japan 1st Ed, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 151:
    • […]one genuinely shocking scene when Evelyn fat-shames her daughter – an authentically upsetting moment of family dysfunction that seems to come from another film, one in a parallel universe. - 2022 May 11, Peter...

Origin

Etymology tree English authentic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English authentically From authentic + -ally.

Forms

more authentically most authentically authentickly authenticly