keenly

Adverb

Meaning

In a keen manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

acutely bitingly hard greatly closely strongly actively sharply keen intensely dynamically profoundly eagerly passionately hotly
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Antonyms

slowly carefully deliberately badly reluctantly brutally
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Phrases with the word

keenly aware keenly priced keenly recognizing

Anagrams

Kenley Kynlee

Examples

His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. Woody Allen

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. Paul Valéry

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically. Jean-Paul Sartre

I've found, in my own writing, that a little hatred, keenly directed, is a useful thing. Alice Walker

I am keenly aware that I benefit from a wonderful tradition in the UK of designing and making. Jonathan Ive

When the laborer is praised, his cutlass begins to cut more keenly. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Keeney Keeneyville keening keenly aware keenly priced keenly recognizing