genuine

• The fact that Dr. Flint had written to the mayor of Boston convinced me that he believed my letter to be genuine, and of course that he had no suspicion of my being any where in the vicinity. —  Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
• I believe her attachment to Miss Cara Benevent to have been genuine, and I think she has become fond of Miss Sayle. —  The Benevent Treasure - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 26: 1953
• The smile seemed genuine, a joyous surrender to an unexpected but welcome visitor. —  The Blond Baboon—Janwillem van de Wetering—Grijpstra-De Gier 06
• A young English gentleman made the grand tour, and brought back, if he were foolish, nothing better than a few receipts for strange dishes, and some newer notions of vice than he had set out with; if he were wise he became "possessed of the tongues," and bore home spoils of voyage in the shape of Titians and Correggios and Raphaels--genuine or the reverse--to stock a picture-gallery in the family mansion. —  A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4)
• He has been described as a genuine philosopher and devotee of science, and his lasting reputation is chiefly due to his discoveries in algebra, in which art, wrote the historian, Henry Hallam, he made a great epoch BALSAMO One of the most notorious charlatans of the eighteenth century was Giuseppe Balsamo, who was born at Palermo, Sicily, June 2, 1743. —  Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery

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