Definition of "genuineness" []

• The quality of being genuine; authenticity. (noun)

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• "So geniune and multitalented, but also projecting just enough artifice to make you question whether that genuineness is truly what it is (know what I mean?)."
• "If he was wanting in the dignity, the measured solemnity, which was fitting to such an exposition of the feelings of the House and of the nation, he was abundantly earnest, emotional, and almost impassioned; so that though his speech was here and there faulty, and as a whole not particularly well constructed or conceived, he was manifestly real, and what he said came direct from his feeling; and even in such an assembly as the House of Commons genuineness is not always unacceptable."
• "A certain amount of ignorance will insure his sincerity, will increase his boldness and shelter his genuineness, which is his hope of power."