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Splendidly grand in a genuine way (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

regally

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'splendidly' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'grand in a genuine way' is the wordplay.
'grand' becomes 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a genuine way' becomes 'really' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'genuine' bit.).
'g' going inside 'really' is 'REGALLY'.

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(Other definitions for regally that I've seen before include "as befits monarch" , "in great style" , "How head of state appears" , "like a head of state" , "In royal style" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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