Antonyms for authentically


Grammar : Adv
Spell : aw-then-tik
Phonetic Transcription : ɔˈθɛn tɪk


Definition of authentically

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "authoritative," from Old French autentique (13c., Modern French authentique) "authentic; canonical," and directly from Medieval Latin authenticus, from Greek authentikos "original, genuine, principal," from authentes "one acting on one's own authority," from autos "self" (see auto-) + hentes "doer, being," from PIE *sene- "to accomplish, achieve." Sense of "entitled to acceptance as factual" is first recorded mid-14c.
  • Traditionally (at least since the 18c.), authentic implies that the contents of the thing in question correspond to the facts and are not fictitious; genuine implies that the reputed author is the real one; though this distinction is not etymological and is not always now recognized.
  • As in really : adv without a doubt
  • As in truly : adv really, doubtlessly
  • As in genuinely : adv really
  • As in verily : adv really
Example sentences :
  • In him had been authentically born the mania for conformity.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • Not a sentence that fell from his lips has been authentically recorded.
  • Extract from : « Ephemera Critica » by John Churton Collins
  • It is finely and authentically swollen by the time there is any rapid shouting.
  • Extract from : « Geography and Plays » by Gertrude Stein
  • All old Poems, Homer's and the rest, are authentically Songs.
  • Extract from : « Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII » by Various
  • He proceeded on his pilgrimage with new energy, and felt more and more as if authentically consecrated to the same.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John Sterling » by Thomas Carlyle
  • But the most unexpected proof of this weakness consists in his incapacity to be truly and authentically original.
  • Extract from : « Idling in Italy » by Joseph Collins
  • In other words, even as Renan admits, the Gospel of Mark must be taken as authentically his.
  • Extract from : « Carmen Ariza » by Charles Francis Stocking
  • I mention the fact merely to show to what age definite memory can be authentically assigned.
  • Extract from : « Tracks of a Rolling Stone » by Henry J. Coke
  • He had, during the last quarter century, discovered a number—one or two of them authentically of the first magnitude.
  • Extract from : « The Real Adventure » by Henry Kitchell Webster
  • "Her father is a musician—and authentically marquis," she added, as though that explained everything.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

Synonyms for authentically

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