The sommelier seems genuinely startled, not to mention relieved, when he accepts both of them.

She was genuinely startled at the idea.

He was genuinely startled by the thought.

He was genuinely startled to observe something he had not anticipated.

Tatya was genuinely startled by his vehemence, if not a little guilty.

'Good heavens, no.' She was genuinely startled at the idea.

But she was doing it, and he was genuinely startled.

Kimberly flipped open the phone, already expecting the worst, and then was genuinely startled to hear Rainie's voice on the other end of the line.

It took him a moment to place the name; then, he was genuinely startled.

Sandy looked at her daughter, genuinely startled by the question and the sound of her daughter's voice.