authentically

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adverb

In an authentic manner; genuinely

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Meanings

adverbauthentically (comparative more authentically, superlative most authentically)

comparative more authentically · superlative most authentically · alternative obsolete authentickly · alternative dated authenticly

  1. In an authentic manner; genuinely

    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
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    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 of party politics with its demands for plain salesmanship.

    1963, Hannah Arendt, On Revolution, New York: Viking, published 1965, Chapter 6, section 4, p. 282

    […]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 Bradshaw, “Everything Everywhere All at Once review – nothing nowhere over a long period of time”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbgenuinely; with authority

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Origin

  1. Englishauthentic
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  5. Proto-Germanic*līką
  6. Englishauthentically

From authentic + -ally.

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Translations

Catalan autènticament
  • autènticamentin an authentic manner
Finnish autenttisesti
  • autenttisestiin an authentic manner
French authentiquement
  • authentiquementin an authentic manner
Italian autenticamente
  • autenticamentein an authentic manner
Polish autentycznie
  • autentyczniein an authentic manner
Portuguese autenticamente
  • autenticamentein an authentic manner
Spanish auténticamente
  • auténticamentein an authentic manner
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APA

authentically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authentically

MLA

“authentically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authentically. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “authentically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authentically.

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