Genuinely vs Seriously - What's the difference?

As adverbs the difference between genuinely and seriously

is that genuinely is in a genuine manner; truthfully, truly while seriously is (manner) in a serious or literal manner.

(en adverb)

In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly.

I thought they were joking at first, but it seemed they were genuinely interested in the talk about glaciers.

(en adverb)

(manner) In a serious or literal manner.

He was hoping that we would take him seriously .

''Jimmy jokingly called Bob a doofus. Bob took the insult seriously .

(speech act) (Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation)

Now, seriously , why did you forget to feed the cat today?

(speech act)

You baked 10 cakes. Seriously , why did you do that?